Past Simple or Continuous?
I couldn't sleep last night. My neighbours ______ (argue) all night
were arguing
To be able to make people believe what you're saying is true
Convincing
The party already has ended by the time we arrived.
had already ended
When Anna phoned, I _____(leave) for work.
had left
What the structure for an affirmative past simple sentence?
Subject + verb (past) + object
While George ______ (clean) his room, his mother ______ (cook) dinner.
was cleaning / was cooking
To stay informed about something
Keep track of
It hasn't rained last week.
didn't rain
Before Sarah crossed the road, she _____(look) both ways.
had looked
What is the structure of negative past continuous sentence?
Subject + was/were not + verb -ing
The children ______ (forget) their lunch at home every day last week
forgot
To have strong feelings of sympathy, appreciation, or gratitude
Touching
Kathy was injuring her knee when we played tennis on Saturday.
injured / were playing
It _____(rain) for six hours and the roads were flooded.
had been raining
What is the structure of a question past perfect sentence?
Had + subject + past participle + ?
He ______ (walk) into the house and ______ (close) the door behind him.
walked / closed
The top of highest point of a mountain
Summit
We were really good friends. We had known each other since years.
for years
A tree ____(fall) down in the middle of the road.
had fallen
What is the structure of a negative past perfect continuous sentence?
Subject + had not been + verb -ing
She ____(fall) asleep when the phone ____(ring).
was falling / rang
The main events of a play, novel, film
Plot
Heath Ledger has write many films before he died.
had written
She _____(wait) for over an hour when the train finally arrived.
had been waiting
Which tense shows a finished action happened before another action in the past?
Which tense shows that events followed each other in order?
Past Perfect
Past Simple