NARRATIVE TENSES

AZIONE CONCLUSA DEL PASSATO. IL TEMPO E' SPECIFICATO. ACCOMPAGNATA DA YESTERDAY, A LONG TIME AGO, IN + YEAR, LAST + WEEK/MONTH/YEAR

Last year my friend John moved to Rome

I didn’t have dinner yesterday

Did you have dinner yesterday?

VERB + ED

AZIONE IN SVOLGIMENTO NEL PASSATO, SPESSO INTERROTTA DA UN'ALTRA. ACCOMPAGNATA DA WHILE/WHEN

I was studying when the doorbell rang

I wasn’t studying when the doorbell rang

What were you doing when the doorbell rang?

WAS/WERE + VERB + ING

AZIONE DEL PASSATO SUCCESSA PRIMA DI UN'ALTRA. IL TEMPO NON E' SPECIFICATO

I had been to New York City twice before I decided to visit Canada

I hadn’t been to New York City before I decided to visit Canada

Had you been to New York City before you decided to visit Canada?

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE

AZIONE IN SVOLGIMENTO PRIMA DI UN'ALTRA

I had been travelling a lot before I enrolled in college

I hadn’t been travelling a lot before I decided to enroll in college

Had you been travelling a lot before you decided to enroll in college?

HAD BEEN VERB+ING