NARRATIVE TENSES

Lisää tämän kaltaisia

Past simple:

luonut ghofran igbareya

verbo TO BE

luonut jonathan alarcon

Gerund and Infinitive

luonut Ksenia Hrebinnyk

Conditional Sentences

luonut Juani Rodriguez

Argomento Flottante

NARRATIVE TENSES

sono i tempi del passato, solitamente utilizzati nelle narrazioni/storie/racconti

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

HAD BEEN VERB+ING

AZIONE IN SVOLGIMENTO PRIMA DI UN'ALTRA

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

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

I had been travelling a lot before I enrolled in college

PAST PERFECT

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE

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

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

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

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

PAST CONTINUOUS

WAS/WERE + VERB + ING

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

What were you doing when the doorbell rang?

I wasn’t studying when the doorbell rang

I was studying when the doorbell rang

PAST SIMPLE

VERB + ED

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

Did you have dinner yesterday?

I didn’t have dinner yesterday

Last year my friend John moved to Rome