completed actions which happened at a specific at a specific time - I went to the cinema last night., the order of events is clear - He sold his house before he left the country., the second event occured as a result of the first - When I realized what time it was, I ran outside., completed actions and situations which happened over a specific period of time - I lived and worked in Germany for three years., habitual actions or behaviour in the past - We played football in the street when I was a child., a series of consecutive events in the past - He kissed her, said goodbye and closed the door., temporary activities or situations in progress at a particular moment in the past - This time last week we were sitting on the beach., a past activity or situation which was already in progress when another action occurred - I was reading to my son when the lights went out., activities or situations occurring at the same time - Ann was cutting the grass while I was cooking., the background events in a narrative - It was snowing heavily and a cold wind was blowing., show that a past action or situation occurred before another past action or situation - When I saw Tim, he had just passed his driving test., we use the continuous form of past perfect to emphasize the duration of the first past action or situation - She had been waiting for over two hours when he phoned to say he couldn't come.,

U4 Past tences (simple, continuous, perfect)

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