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Past Tenses

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    Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect
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  • She ___ college last year. (was leaving, left, had left)
    left (happened in the past)
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  • Our team ___ them yesterday. (had defeated, defeated, was defeating)
    defeated (happened in past)
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  • I ____ TV when dad arrived. (watched, was watching, had watched)
    was watching (an action or situation that was going on at a particular point of time in the past).)
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  • By the time I reached the station, the train ___. (departed, had departed)
    had departed (The past perfect is used for the earlier of two past actions)
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  • Emma ___ here yesterday. (came, had come)
    came (simple past is used to say when something happened)
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  • Vega ____ home late when the accident happened. (was driving, drove, had driven)
    was driving (used for the longer background action that was going on when another action took place)
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  • The guests had left before I ____ home. (reached, had reached, was reaching)
    reached ( simple past for the later of the two past actions)
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  • I ___ sleep well last night. (didn't, hadn't)
    didn't (simple past - not past participle)
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  • Every morning he ___ for a walk. (went, was going, had gone)
    went (simple past)
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  • The captain _____ any goals when the coach took him out of the game. (didn't score, hadn't scored)
    hadn't scored (earlier past action)
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  • When the teacher collected the exam, he saw that Peter Pan ____. (had cheated, cheated)
    had cheated (action happened earlier)
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  • The referee stopped the game because is ___ so hard. (was snowing, snowed)
    was snowing (interrupted action)
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  • My dog go injured while he ___ with other dogs last week. (played, was playing)
    was playing (action in progress)
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  • Peter ___ any of his previous games when he played in the finals. (hadn't lost, didn't lose)
    hadn't lost (earlier event)
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  • I left school early because I ___ to eat at El Potro. (wanted, was wanting)
    wanted (saying what happened)
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