Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses
The Simple Past tense describes completed actions or states in the past, often used with specific time expressions like "yesterday" or "last night."
Example: "I wrote" affirmative, "Did you work?" interrogative, "You didn't work" negative
The Past Perfect tense expresses actions that occurred before another past event, providing a reference point in the past.
Example: "I had worked" affirmative
The Past Perfect Continuous hadbeen+verb+ing describes ongoing actions in the past that continued up to a specific point.
Example: "I had been working"
Highlight: The Simple Past often uses regular verbs with '-ed' endings, but many common verbs have irregular past forms.
Definition: Participe Passé - The past participle form of a verb, used in perfect tenses
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