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    This document provides information about three different verb tenses in English: 1) The simple past tense is used to express completed actions in the past. It has an affirmative, negative, and interrogative form. 2) The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing in the past. It offers context about simultaneous events. It also has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. 3) The past perfect tense refers to an action that was completed before another past action. It can describe actions that started in the past and continued until a specific past time. It also has affirmative, negative, and interrogative structures. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    Uso ejemplos y estructurs de los narrative tense

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    This document provides information about three different verb tenses in English: 1) The simple past tense is used to express completed actions in the past. It has an affirmative, negative, and interrogative form. 2) The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing in the past. It offers context about simultaneous events. It also has affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. 3) The past perfect tense refers to an action that was completed before another past action. It can describe actions that started in the past and continued until a specific past time. It also has affirmative, negative, and interrogative structures. Examples are provided for each tense.

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    Estudiante: Cedeño Zambrano Emperatriz

    Narrative tense
    Simple past
    Use
    It is used to express facts or states that happened in the distant or near past. In addition,
    although we have already said that the period in which they take place is not significant, it
    must be stated that said situation or action has ended.
    In this verb tense there are some expressions that serve to create context and that clarify the
    information that is presented.
    You can use them at the beginning or at the end of the sentence and they will be an element
    of clarity.

    Structure
    Affirmative
    subject + verb (-d, -ed) + complement

    Negative subject + did not + basic form verb + complement

    Interrogative
    Did + subject + basic form verb + complement + ?

    5 examples

    1. They lived together for 23 years.


    2. He cried with the end of the movie.
    3. They didn’t discuss the problem last night. 
    4. He didn't finish his English assignment. 
    5. Did we clean the whole house?
    Past continuous
    Use
    It is used to express actions or states that were taking place in the past when another action
    or state interrupts or reinforces it.
    Offer context, that is, give information about events or situations at a specific time.
     
    Mention two or more actions from the past that happened at the same time.

    Structure
    Affirmative
    subject + Auxiliar verb(to be) + Verb in gerund (ing) + complement

    Negative subject + Auxiliar verb(to be) + not + Verb in gerund (ing) +


    complement

    Interrogative Auxiliar verb (to be) + subject + Verb in gerund (ing) +


    complement+ ?

    5 examples
    6. Your dog was playing with its toys when I arrived.
    7. The rabbit of my dad was jumpling much.
    8. I was not studying Physics at that time.
    9. Was we running in the park?
    10. Were you eating candies when I entered the room?
    Past continuous
    Use
    The past perfect is used to refer to an action that happened in the past before another. In this
    case, the first action is conjugated in the past perfect, while the second, the most recent, is
    in the past simple.
    It is also used to talk about an action that occurred before a specific time in the past.
    It is used to talk about actions that started in the past and continued until a certain time also
    in the past.

    Structure
    Affirmative subject + auxiliar had + verbo in past + complement
    Negative subject + auxiliar had + not + verb in past + complement

    Interrogativ Auxiliar had + subject + verb in past + complement +?


    e

    5 examples
    1. I had met them before the meeting.
    2. I had not said how long will the video call is.
    3. Had I gone to eat before lunch time?
    4. I had watched the movie before I read the book.
    5. I had fallen asleep when the clock rang at 11 PM.

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