Past Tense Continuum
Situations
One short activity happening after another short activity Past Simple + Past Simple A shorter (interrupting) activity happened during a longer activity Past Simple + Past Continuous Past Continuous + Past Simple One activity happened before another Past Simple + Past Perfect Past Perfect + Past Simple Two longer activities happening at the same time Past Continuous + Past Continuous |
Sentences
When I arrived at the pary, Mary left. Mary left when I arrived the party. While I was having a shower, the phone rang. The phone rang while I was having shower. When I arrived at the party, Mary had already left. Mary had left before I arrived the party. (While) I was washing up(,) (and) John was tidying the garage. |
Exercise 7
Tenses Continuum: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect
Gap-fill exercise
Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form of the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect. Write the forms out (did not, was not, were not, had not). Read the feedback carefully.
Watch a video about Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous