Past Continuous , . Past Simple, (, yesterday at 5 oclock, when you called, when rain started) .
When you called I was taking shower.
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Charlie and me were already driving home when the engine suddenly stopped.
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Past Continuous
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I was playing | We were playing |
You were playing | You were playing |
He / she / it was playing | They were playing |
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Was I playing? | Were we playing? |
Were you playing? | Were you playing? |
Was he / she / it playing? | Were they playing? |
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I was not playing | We were not playing |
You were not playing | You were not playing |
He / she / it was not playing | They were not playing |
, Past Continuous, to be -ing.
To be :
was 1 3 . . (I was smoking. He was eating.)
were 2 . . . . (They were laughing.)
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Were you sleeping when I called?
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not. was were wasnt werent .
In the morning our elevator was not (wasnt) working.
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Past Continuous
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I was sleeping when someone knocked at the door.
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Past Perfect -
Past Perfect , :
I called Jim too late, he had already left.
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We had lived in Paris for 12 years before we moved to America.
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Past Perfect
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I had played | We had played |
You had played | You had played |
He / she / it had played | They had played |
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Had I played? | Had we played? |
Had you played? | Had you played? |
Had he / she / it played? | Had they played? |
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I had not played | We had not played |
You had not played | You had not played |
He / she / it had not played | They had not played |
Past Perfect to have .
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To have had.
ed.
examine examin ed, enjoy enjoy ed, close clos ed
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Had you brushed your teeth before you went to bed?
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not. hadnt.
How did you hope to pass the exam if you had not (hadnt) even opened the textbook?
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Past Perfect:
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After the Sun had set, we saw thousands of fireflies.
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I finally caught Lucky and looked around. The nasty dog had scratched the furniture, had torn the wallpapers and had eaten my lunch on the table.
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