STARTER UNIT: PAST TENSES

1) Here are some notes about the PAST SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS and the PAST PERFECT SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS
 

Verb tenses past-tenses from pilarmd

2) Find here some notes about TIME CLAUSES in the past.

3) Some more practice with TIME CLAUSES in the past: when, till, until, as soon as, before, after.

 Remember that two past simple tenses can be used if there is an idea that the second action is the result of the first, and that it happened immediately afterwards.

She called the ambulance as soon as the accident happened.

I burst into tears when he asked her to marry him.

If it is important to show that the first action was completed before the second one began, the Past Perfect must be used for the action that happened first:

I had never travelled alone before I went to England

He didn’t leave the house until he had checked that all the windows were closed.

Here are some more examples for you to practise with.