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    This document discusses the different tenses used to talk about past events in French and English literature: The simple past is used to express an action that started and finished in the past. The past continuous is used to talk about an event that went on for a period of time in the past. The past perfect simple is used to talk about an event that took place before a specific time in the past or before another past event. The past perfect continuous is used to say what had been happening before something else in the past happened or to report what others had said, thought, or believed in the past. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    This document discusses the different tenses used to talk about past events in French and English literature: The simple past is used to express an action that started and finished in the past. The past continuous is used to talk about an event that went on for a period of time in the past. The past perfect simple is used to talk about an event that took place before a specific time in the past or before another past event. The past perfect continuous is used to say what had been happening before something else in the past happened or to report what others had said, thought, or believed in the past. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    This document discusses the different tenses used to talk about past events in French and English literature: The simple past is used to express an action that started and finished in the past. The past continuous is used to talk about an event that went on for a period of time in the past. The past perfect simple is used to talk about an event that took place before a specific time in the past or before another past event. The past perfect continuous is used to say what had been happening before something else in the past happened or to report what others had said, thought, or believed in the past. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    French and English literature

    I.

    The past
    A. .The Simple Past
    B. The Past continuous
    C. The Past perfect simple
    D. The Past perfect continuous

    A.

    The simple past

    Use:
    We use the present simple to express an action that started
    and finished in the past
    Form:
    Subject +Verb (simple past)
    Key words:
    Last month/year/week/Monday/night, yesterday, 2
    minutes/hours/days ago, in1930, the other day
    Examples:
    1) I met my friends yesterday
    2) Did you go to the seaside last summer?
    3) He opened the door, switched on the light and fed his cat
    4) They never drunk wine
    5) He didnt work the other day
    6) He bought a red car
    7) We visited my grandfather yesterday

    B.

    The past continuous

    Use:
    We use the past continuous to talk about an event which
    went for a period of time in the past.
    Form:

    French and English literature


    Subject + (was/were) + verb in the ing form
    Examples:
    1) In the 1990s few people were using mobile phones
    2) I was watching TV when you phoned
    3) As we were driving down the hill, a strange object
    appeared in the sky
    4) While Laura was sitting in the garden, it suddenly began
    to rain.
    5) I was studying math, now I understand it well
    6) The baby was sleeping the whole time
    7) I was playing football when it was raining
    C. The past perfect Simple:
    Use:
    We use the past perfect simple to talk about an event
    that took place before a specific time in the past
    To talk about an action that happened before another
    one in the past
    Form:
    Subject + had +verb (past participle)
    Key words:
    Already, Never, When, by the time, After, Before, until
    Examples:
    1) When the mother got, the baby had already slept
    2) I had never eaten caviar not Kimchi
    3) After he had finished the report he went home
    4) Before she posted a letter, she had written it
    5) He didnt leave until he had spoken to his boss
    6) By the time I got to the office the director had already
    arrived
    7) When I had finished my homework I went to bed

    French and English literature


    D.

    The past perfect continuous

    Use:
    We use it to say what had been happening before something
    else happened or to report what others had said or think or
    believe
    Form:
    Subject+ had been +verb in the ing form
    Key words:
    For, since, the whole day, all day
    Examples:
    1) It had been snowing for a while before we left
    2) We had been playing tennis for only a few minutes when
    it started raining
    3) He was out of breath when he arrived because he had
    been running
    4) Before his mother arrived , Paul had been playing football
    with his friends
    5) She said he had been trying to call me all day
    6) They said they had been shopping
    7) I told you I had been looking for some new clothes

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