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Past Tense Overview and Rules

This document outlines 3 types of past tenses in English: simple past tense which uses the past form of the verb, past continuous tense which uses was/were + verb+ing to describe an ongoing action in the past, and past perfect tense which uses had + past participle to describe an action that was completed before another past action or time.

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Past Tense Overview and Rules

This document outlines 3 types of past tenses in English: simple past tense which uses the past form of the verb, past continuous tense which uses was/were + verb+ing to describe an ongoing action in the past, and past perfect tense which uses had + past participle to describe an action that was completed before another past action or time.

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PAST TENSE

TENSE RULE KEYWORDS


1. SIMPLE PAST TENSE ago
V2 yesterday
last night
last year

2. PAST CONTINUOUS Singular - was + V1+ing When


TENSE You/Plural - were+ V1+ing While

3. PAST PERFECT after


TENSE had + V3 before

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