Categorias: Todos - habits - past - verbs - uses

por María Álvarez Álvarez 6 anos atrás

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Past Tenses

The text outlines the various ways to discuss past events in English, focusing on different tenses and their specific uses. It explains the structure and application of "would" for past habits, particularly with action verbs, and touches on the Past Continuous tense for actions ongoing in the past.

Past Tenses

How to talk about the Past

Modal verbs

MIGHT
past possibility
HAD TO
past obligation
COULD
past ability

Past Perfect Continuous

an action in progress in the past that happened before another past action

Had + Subject + been + '-ing'?

had + not + been + '-ing'

had + been + '-ing'

Past Continuous

actions in progress in the past.

Was / were + SUBJECT + '-ing'?

was / were + not + '-ing'

was/ were + '-ing'

WOULD

to describe past habits - only with action verbs

Would + Subject + infinitive without 'to'?

would + not + infinitive without 'to'

afirmative

would + infinitive without 'to'

USED TO

to describe past habits

Did + Subject + use to + infinitive without 'to'?

did + not + use to + infinitive without 'to'

used to + infinitive without 'to'

Past Perfect

past in the past, an action that happened before another past action

Had + Subject + past participle?

had + not + past participle

had + past participle

Past Simple

USES
finished actions in the past
FORM
interrogative

Did + Subject + infinitive without 'to'

negative

auxiliary verb 'did' + not + infinitive without 'to'

affirmative

Irregular Verbs

the 2nd column in the list of irregular verbs

Regular Verbs

verb + '-ed'