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1. Past tenses

There are four past tenses in English. They are used to talk about things that started and ended in the past or things that started in the past and continue to the present.

  • Simple past
    for actions starting and ending in the past.
  • Past continuous
    for actions starting in the past and continuing to the present.
  • Past perfect
    for actions that started and ended in the past before another action that is also in the past.
  • Past perfect continuous
    for actions that were going on in the past up until another action in the past happened.
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