Past Tense: Concept and Its Types | Turito
Tense alludes to the formation of a verb to mirror its place in time—that is, when the action happened.
- Technically there are two grammatical tenses in English: the past tense and the present tense. Verbs in their basic form inherently describe the present time, and they can be conjugated into a unique form that describes the past.
The Past Tense
Simple Past Tense
- Verbs that tell us about actions that occurred in the past are called in the simple past tense.
- I walked to school yesterday.
- They played football last week.
Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous is used to express an action or a state which occurred in the past and continued for some time.
- She was working very hard last month.
- The cows were grazing in the field.
- She was singing
Past Perfect Tense
- The past perfect is utilized to show that one action or event happened before another past action, event, or time.
- I took the decision after I had spoken to John.
- Before he left the office, John had spoken to his supervisor.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- The past perfect continuous tense is used when an action or event was happening for a period of time until (or just before) another action, event, or time.
- I had been learning English in this school for 20 days.
- Had she not been writing a letter?
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