Tense.

This chapter contains 4 sub topics which are:

1.    Past tense

2.    Past continuous

3.    Past perfect

4.    Past perfect continuous

1.    Past tense

Past tense is used to

a)    Describe an action or an event which occurred at a specific time in the past

b)    Report past events or situations in newspapers, reports and magazines.

c)    Refer to an action which took place regularly in the past.

Example: Pak Abu went to the hospital yesterday.

2.    Past continuous

a)    The Past Continuous tense is used to express continuous actions which took place in the past.

Example : He was traveling in Europe last summer

b)    The Past Continuous tense is frequently used to refer to an ongoing action which was taking place when something else occurred in the past.

Example: We were entertaining friends when the parcel arrived.

To form past continuous:

Subject + was/were + verb-ing

3.    Past perfect tense

To form past participle:

Had + past participle

Example: had learned

4.    Past perfect continuous

To form past perfect continuous:

Subject + had + been + base + ing

Example: I had been working