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Unit 6 identifies the 4 past tenses of the English language: past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. The formation of the past simple consists of the base form of the verb and -ed or -d in regular forms for the affirmative, did not + the main verb and -ed or -d for the negative, and did + subject + the base form for questions. The past simple tense is used to discuss past actions when a specific time is stated, when time is asked about, when the action clearly took place at a set time even if not mentioned, or when time becomes definite do to the nature of the question and answer The past continuous tense is structured in the format of subject + was/were + main verb and -ing for the affirmative, subject + was/were + not + main verb and -ing for the negative, and was/were + subject + main verb and -ing for questions. It can be used for interrupted past actions, gradual developments which took place in the past, an action beginning before a set time in the past and likely continued after, and in descriptions and storytelling in combination with other past forms. The past perfect tense is formed by subject + had + past participle for the affirmative, subject + had + not + past participle for the negative, and had + subject + past participle for questions. The tense is used in situations in the past in which multiple events took place in sequence, and completely finished actions in the past. The past perfect continuous tense is formed by subject + had + been + verb + ing in the affirmative, subject + had + not + been + verb + ing in the negative, and had + subject + been + verb + ing for questions. It is used when talking about ongoing situations or events in the past that had been taking place up to a past moment being discussed.
