Revision Past Tences зведена таблиця граматичних часів

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

V_2/-ed

Was/were + V-_ing

Had + V₃

yesterday, two days ago, last year, last week, a week ago, an hour ago, in 2019, when

I worked

I didn't work

Did you work?

while, when, from 5 till 6

I (he, she, it) was working

We (you, they) were working

I wasn't working

Was he working?

Were they working?

before, after

I had worked

I hadn't worked

Had you work?

It is used to denote:

It is used to denote:

It is used to denote:

1. Past habit or state.

He went to school on foot.

2. A Past actions which happened one after another .

He had a cold shower, dressed and drank  a cup of tea.

3. A  complete action or event which happened at a stated past time.

 He attended all the classes regularly last year.

4. An action which happened at a definite past time although the time is not given.

Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays.

1. A continuous action at a certain moment in the past.

She was having tea at 5 o'clock yesterday.

2. A continuous action during a certain period in the past.

I was walking in the garden from 5 till 6.

3. Two or more simultaneous past actions.

I was preparing dinner while she was tidying the room.

4. Past action in progress interrupted by another past action. The longer action is in the past Continuous, the shorter action is in the Past Simple.

While I was having breakfast the telephone rang.

1. A Past actions which took place before another action or before a given past time.

They had done the work by the time his parents returned.

2. A  complete past action which had visible result in the past.

She was glad, because she had passed the exam.

3. The Past Perfect is used with the adverbs:

hardly …when

no sooner … than

scarcely …  when

Hardly the children had got out of the house, when they saw a stranger in the yard.