Relier Pairs past tenseVersion en ligne past tense ge par Hamed Hashemian 1 past continuous D to give the background or set the scene for an action or event, often with while 2 used to/would G used to/didn’t use to for repeated past actions, habits and states; would for past actions and habits only 3 past continuous C for an action interrupted by another action in the past 4 past continuous B for actions in progress in the past and temporary situations 5 past perfect (had + past participle) E for actions, events and situations that happened before another past action 6 past perfect (had + past participle) F with ever/never + superlative adjectives 7 past simple A for finished actions or events in the past, or a sequence of actions The escaped cows were hanging around. Rush hour had just begun when a herd of escaped cows found their way into a local railway station. One cow fell onto the tracks while the railway employees were moving them. It was the biggest iceberg they had ever seen. The Ancient Egyptians used to decorate their royal tombs. When he asked her where the Great Wall was in China, she replied ‘China’. While I was doing research, I realised that the media concentrated on negative issues.