Past tenses (Simple - Continuous- Perfect - Perfect+Continuous)Version en ligne Same as the title par Bálint 1 Past simple 2 Past continuous 3 Past Perfect 4 Past Perfect Continuous Completed action in the past Series of completed actions in the past Habits in the past With stative verbs --> to think, have, know, dislike, etc... GRAMMAR: S+ was / were + adjective or noun OR S+ V (p-simple / -ED) GRAMMAR: S + was /were + V-ing Describe parallel actions Describe what someone was doing at a PARTICULAR point. Interrupted actions in the past Annyoing habits in the past = repetition and irritation GRAMMAR: S+ had+ past participle (3rd column of the verbs) Action finished BEFORE another past action Action happened BEFORE a SPECIFIC time (= Have you ever been to an opera?) CAUSE and EFFECT in the past Emphasize the RESULT of an activity in the past GRAMMAR : S + had + been + V-ing Past action already started, and CONTINUED up to another action. Expressing DURATION before something in the past Describe only the CAUSE of something in the past