Here you are a brief summary about the Past tenses.
You have to study everything before doing your homework, ok? Besides, you can see and listen two grammar lessons. They are very useful as well as easy to understand. Now, are you ready to do all your exercises? Please, study the following rules, right?
Hey!, study the Irregular Verbs too!!!
Past Simple
1. When an action or situation took place at a finished time in the past.
Ex. She lost her passport when she was on holiday last summer.
2. To tell a story in the past.
Ex. Yesterday, we met John. He worked with Tim in a famous company...
3. With AGO
Ex. I was Susan tow days ago.
4. Time expressions: Yesterday, last year, last night, in 2008, 7 months ago, etc.
Past Continuous
1. To talk about sth that started before a certain time in the past and was still in progress at that time. Ex. At 10.30, we were walking along the Regent Street.
2. To describe a situation, ot give the background to a scene that happened in the past.
Ex. Last night, it was raining cats and dogs; the wind was blowing. What were they wearing? They were wearing new blue jeans.
3. We don't normally use the past continuous with verbs not normally used in the continuous form, such as: know, want, like, etc.
4. Two simultaneous or parallel situations:
Ex. I was studying in my bedroom while my parents were chatting in the living room.
5. To talk about an action which was in progress and it was interrupted by another one. The first or previous action is written using the Past Cont. whereas the interrupting action is written using the Past Simple:
a. He was using my laptop until I arrived. ------/
b. We were sleeping when someone knocked on the door.
c. While Rachel was painting the wall, she fell down.
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