Relier Pairs Past IndefiniteVersion en ligne Match the cases where we use the Past Indefinite and the sentences in the Past Indefinite par Asiya Karmanova 1 A single action which took place in the past. 2 Permanent actions which indicate continuous uninterrupted procces in the past, giving a general characteristic of the persin or thing denoted by the subject. 3 Recurrent action in the past. 4 A succesion of actions in narration. 5 An action which occupied a whole period of time now over. I found some matches, climbed on the table, lit the gas lamp, then settled down to read. I knew they loved each other, but they always quarrelled. We stayed in the garden for a long time. You often mentioned you in your letter. Things came to a crisis in July.