Past Tense

Past s Tense

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Present Simple Tense (S+V)

• I wrote a letter

• You wrote a letter.

• He wrote a letter.

• She wrote a letter.

• It wrote a letter.

• We wrote a letter. You Wrote a letter.

• They wrote a letter.

PAS

S + V (+)

S + did+ not + V (-)

Did + S + V (?)

Iw + did + v (?with IW)

Uses

1.To talk about a past action

 I visited Taj Mahal twice last year

2.To show past habit

I walked two km a day to my school.

Used to

I used to walk a lot when I was student.

Past Continuous Tense

( was/were-v-ing)

Past Continuous Tense ( was/were-v-ing)

._{I was writing a letter}

• . You were writing a letter.

• He was writing a letter.

• She was writing a letter.

• It was writing a letter.

• We were writing a letter.

• You were writing a letter

• They were writing a letter.

Uses

1.     To show an action that was continuous in the past.

Eg. I was sleeping when the phone rang

PAC

S+was/were+v+ing(+)

S+was/were+not+v+ing(-)

Was/were+s+v+ing (?)

Iw+was/were+s+v+ing (?withiw)

Past Perfect Tense(had+PP)

• I had written a letter.

• You had written a letter.

• He had written a letter.

• She had written a letter.

• It had written a letter.

• We had written a letter. You had written a letter

• They had written a letter.

 Uses

To show a distant Past.

Eg. The patient had died when the doctor arrived.

PFC

S+had+PP(+)

S+had+not+pp(-)

Had+S+PP (?)

Iw+ had+S+PP (?Iw)

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• I had been writing a letter.

• You had been writing a letter.

• He had been writing a lette

• She had been writing a letter

• It had been writing a letter

• We had been writing a letter.

• You had been writing a letter .They had been writing a letter.

  
  

PAFC

 

S+had+been+V+ing(+)

S+had+not+been+v+ing(-)

Had+S+been+v+ing(?)

Iw+ had+S+been+v+ing(?with Iw)