Relier Pairs past tenseVersion en ligne past tense ge par Hamed Hashemian 1 past continuous C for an action interrupted by another action in the past 2 past continuous B for actions in progress in the past and temporary situations 3 used to/would G used to/didn’t use to for repeated past actions, habits and states; would for past actions and habits only 4 past continuous D to give the background or set the scene for an action or event, often with while 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 It was the biggest iceberg they had ever seen. While I was doing research, I realised that the media concentrated on negative issues. The escaped cows were hanging around. The Ancient Egyptians used to decorate their royal tombs. 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. When he asked her where the Great Wall was in China, she replied ‘China’.