REVISTA LOS TIEMPOS - SARA GONZALEZ
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The tenses in the past in
English are 4: past simple,
past continuous, past
perfect continuous.
It is formed with the base
verb + suffix ed or whit the
appropriate form in the
case of an irregular verb.
Indicates:
Christopher Columbus
discovered America in
1492. (Cristobal Colon
discovered America in
1492)
It is formed with the
auxiliary of the verb to be
(was/were) + present
participle of the main verb.
Used to indicate an action
perceived as unfinished or
in progress in the past.
I was taking a shower
when the phone rang
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