Narrative Past Tenses by Micaela Paz https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks PAST SIMPLE, PAST PERFECT AND PAST CONTINOUS. en-us 2020-09-23 03:25:15 UTC 2020-09-28 23:13:30 UTC hello@padlet.com PAST SIMPLE micaelapaz316 https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772497717 We use the past simple:
- to describe the main events in sequence, i.e. one event after another.
He got in the car, started the engine and drove away.
- to describe a general state in the past.
It was one of the coldest winters in the memory.]]> 2020-09-23 15:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772497717 PAST PERFECT micaelapaz316 https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772518465 We use the past perfect:
- when we need to make it clear that one past event happened before another one.
When the police arrived, the thieves had already left.
- to describe something that happened (or state that was true) before the main event(s) or story.
I couldn't believe it when I saw the plane tickets in his hand. I'd always wanted to visit Australia!]]> 2020-09-23 15:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772518465 PAST CONTINUOUS micaelapaz316 https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772549171 We use the past continuous to describe an activity in progress in the past. It can be:
- the background to an event within the story.
I was slepping when the phone rang. (event interrupts background activity)
It was raining when we arrived (background activity continues after event)
- the background to the main story.
It was 2015 and I was living in Paris.]]> 2020-09-23 15:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772549171 micaelapaz316 https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772591456 2020-09-23 15:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772591456 micaelapaz316 https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772669574 2020-09-23 15:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772669574 micaelapaz316 https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772671620 2020-09-23 15:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/micaelapaz316/Bookmarks/wish/772671620