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This unit focuses on the Past Tenses, below are brief explanations of each. Past Simple. Form. Regular Verbs. Affirmative; (add ?ed? or ?-d? to the base form of the verb. Example; I worked, I played. Negative; (add ?did not? or ?didn?t? before the base form. Example; I didn?t work. Question; (add ?did? plus subject before the base form. Example; did you work? Irregular Verbs. Base form Past simple. See saw Have had Make made Usages. -For a past action when the time is given. Example; I met him yesterday. -When the time is asked about. Example; when did you meet him. Past Continuous. Form. Affirmative; (subject + was/were + verb + ing) Negative; (subject + was/were + not + verb +ing) Question; ( was/were + subject + verb + ing) Usages. -For interrupted past actions. Example; I was having a bath, the phone rang. -Used without a time expression, it can indicate gradual development that took place in the past. Example; it was getting darker. Past Perfect. Form. Affirmative; (subject + had + past participle) Negative; (subject + had + not + past participle) Question; (had + subject + past participle) Usages. -The past equivalent of the present perfect. Example; when I arrived the concert had started. -Completely finished actions. Example; after he had painted the kitchen, he decided to rest. Past Perfect Continuous. Form. Affirmative; (subject + had + been + verb + ing) Negative; (subject + had + not + been + verb + ing) Question; (had + subject + been + verb + ing) Usage. To talk about longer actions or situations in the past that had been going on continuously up to the past moment that we are thinking about. Example; before eating lunch, she had been clipping her toenails for two hours. To conclude, what I have personally learnt from this are the four past tenses that exist in English, how they are formed and how they are used both in writing and speaking.
