GRAMMAR EBOOK K24ATC

GRAMMAR NOTES
To describe an action, event that happened at a specific time, or a period of
time in the past and ended completely in the past.
Eg: My children came home late last night.
To describe a repeated action in the past.
Eg: John visited his geandmather every weekend when he wasn't married.
To describe actions that happened consecutively in the past.
Eg: Ngoc came home, took a nap, then had lunch.
To describe an action that interrupted an action in progress in the past. NOTE:
The action in progress is divided into the past continuous, the action that
interrupted is divided into the simple past tense).
Eg: When Jane was cooking breakfast, the lights suddenly went out.
Used in conditional sentences type 2 (conditional sentences are not real in the
present).
Eg: If you were me, you would do it.
Used in unreal wishes.
Eg: I wish I was in England now.
The past simple is often used when there is "for + time in the past". If the
action happened in the past and ended in the past, we must use the past
simple. And if the action just started in the past, continues into the present
and continues into the future, or its results still affect the present, we use the
present perfect.
Eg: He worked in that bank for 5 years.
Used to describe a historical event.
Eg: the Chinese invented printing.
When the action happens explicitly at a certain time even if the time is not
mentioned.
Eg: The train was ten minutes late.
The past simple is used for actions that were completed in the past at a
certain time. Therefore it is used for a past action when it indicates the time
or when the time is asked.
Eg: When did you meet my brother?
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