past tenses review
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Review of past tensesTRANSCRIPT
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Past Simple Past Continuous - Past Perfect
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The past simple is used for actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past.When Jim come home, they watched a film on TV. (Jim came home ant then they watched a film together.)
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Last Monday, Lisa and her husband fed the children when he come home. (Her husband came home and then they fed the children together.)
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The past continuous is used fot a past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it.When Jim came home, Mary was watching a film on TV. (She was still watching the film when Jim came home.)
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Last Tuesday, Lisa was feeding the children when her husband came home. (She was still feeding the children when her husband came home.)
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The past perfect is used for an action which happened before another past action on a specific time in the past.When Jim came home, Mary had already watched the film on TV. (she watched the film first. Jim come home afterwards.)
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Last Friday, Lisa had already fed the children when her husband came home. (She fed the children first. Her husband came home afterwards.)