English Tenses The Past

Past Simple Similar with simple present tense, simple past tense is a tense that expresses actions taking place once, never, several times, one after another or in the middle of another action. However, the action must happen in the past.

Past Continuous Past continuous tense is a tense about the action that happened in the past as well. It is used when action go on at a certain time in the past, take place at the same time and is interrupted by another action.

Past Perfect Past perfect tense is a tense that shows action taking place before a certain time in the past and puts emphasis only on the fact rather than the duration.

Past Perfect Continuous Past perfect continuous tense is almost the same as the past perfect tense, but it puts emphasis on the duration or course of an action.