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The past continuous tense  involves the past tense of to be (was or were) and the present participle of the verb, the –ing form.

Structure: Subject + was/were + (verb + -ing) + object + other words.

Exemple: While I was studying, my friends were playing.
I was eating ice cream when my parents called me.b

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The past continuous tense  involves the verb to be (was or were) and the present participle of the verb, the –ing form.

Structure: Subject + was/were + (verb + -ing) + object + other words.

Exemple: While I was studying, my friends were playing.

I was eating ice cream when my parents called me.

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Usage: used to show an action that happened in the past that is directly related to the present

Structure and examples:

Subject -> Have/Has -> Past participle of the main verb

Ex: I have finished my homework.

Ex: She has taken the test.

Subject -> Haven’t/ Hasn’t -> Past participle of the main verb

Ex: We haven't gone shopping lately.

Ex: He hasn't told me anything.

Have/Has -> Subject -> Past participle of the main verb -> ?

Ex: Have you finished your homework?

Ex: Has she taken the test?

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Structure: Used to + infinitive

Neg: didn’t use to

Int: did….use to…?

When we talk about a past repeated action that change now

1- She used to be a long-distance runner when she was younger.

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The past perfect tense is used to show that something happened before another action in the past.

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We use the past perfect continuous to talk about actions or events which started before a particular time in the past and were still in progress up to that time in the past

Subject + had(n’t) been + verb(ing)

Ex.:

﻿﻿Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?

﻿﻿We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.

﻿﻿It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.

﻿﻿Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.

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Structure of Simple Past Tense

Positive

Subject + Verb in the past form (base form of the verb + ed/d for regular verbs or past tense form of the irregular verbs)

Negative

Subject + Didn't + Verb in the base form

Negative Interrogative

Didn't + Subject + Verb in the

base form

1. I went to the grocery store yesterday.

2. She studied English for three years in college.

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Would is the past tense form of will. It is used to talk about the past, to talk about something we’ve imagined.

We can use subject + would + infinitive (I would go) or subject + would + have + past participle (I would have gone).

Exemple: I would eat my breakfast if I had time.

I would go to the gym if I wanted to.

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Would is the past tense form of will. It is used to talk about the past, to talk about something we’ve imagined.

We can use subject + would + infinitive (I would go) or subject + would + have + past participle (I would have gone).

Exemple: I would eat my breakfast if I had time
I would go to the gym if I wanted to

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Positive

Subject +have+verb(ing)

Subject+has+been+verb(ing)

Negative

Subject+have not/havent/hasnt+been+verb(ing)

Question

Have/Has+subject+been+verb(ing)