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Category: 3. Past Tenses

  • Past Perfect Continuous

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    The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe actions that continued up to a point in the past. It emphasizes the duration of the action and its relevance to the past event that followed. Composition:Affirmation: Subject + had been + verb + -ingNegative: Subject + had not been + verb + -ingInterrogative: What +…

  • Past Perfect

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    The past perfect tense is used to describe actions that were completed before another action or time in the past. It helps clarify the sequence of events. Composition:Affirmation: subject + was + past participleNegative: Subject + wasn’t + past participleInterrogative: was + subject + past participle?Examples:Affirmation: I finished my homework before dinner.When I arrived she…

  • Past Continuous

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    The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, is used to describe actions that continued in the past. It often sets the scene or describes background actions during a particular moment or event. Composition:Affirmative: subject + was/were + verb + -ingNegative: Subject + was/were not + verb + -ingInterrogative: was/was + subject…

  • Simple Past

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    The simple past is used to describe actions or events that were completed at a specific time in the past. This indicates that the action is no longer happening. Composition:Affirmative: subject + past form of verbNegative: Subject + did not + base form of verbQuery: What is the base form of + subject + verb?Examples:Affirmation:…