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Past Tenses and the Present Perfect. Álvaro Ballesteros Sánchez Ivan Zancada Amarís 1º Bach. C. Past Simple. To talk about a completed action at a particular time in the past. The train left at 8.30 pm.
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Past Tenses and the Present Perfect Álvaro Ballesteros Sánchez Ivan Zancada Amarís 1º Bach. C
Past Simple • To talk about a completed action at a particular time in the past. The train left at 8.30 pm. • To talk about repeated actions in the past. He went to the beach at weekends in the summer.
Past continuous • To talk about an action in progress around a point in the time past. What were you doing at 9 on Saturday evening? • To talk about a situation or action in progress which was interrupted by another event. When I was thinking about the problem I had the most amazing idea. • To emphasize that two situations or events were happening simultaneously. While I was trying to phone her, she was trying to phone me.
Present Perfect Simple • To talk about past events or situations in a time period that extends from the past up to the present. I have been in Russia. When did you go? I went last summer. • To talk about an event in the past that has a result in the present. Cancel the skiing trip, I’ve broken my leg. • To talk about the duration of an event or situation which started in the past and extends up to the present. How long have you worked here? I’ve been here for 2 months.
Present Perfect Continuous • To talk about past events which continue up to the present. I’ve been watching this film on TV but I’m going to turn it off if something doesn’t happen soon. • To talk about repeated past events in a time period that extends up to the present.The car has been breaking down a lot recently.
To talk about something in the recent past that has a result in the present. It has been raining. (The rain has stopped but the street are wet). • To talk about the duration of an event or situation which started in the past and extends up to the present. Has she been writing her novel for a long time?
Past Perfect Simple • Refers to actions or events before a particular time in the past. Before I was 18, I hadn’t been outside my home town. • It can refer to specific times in the past. We already felt like old friends even though we had only met that morning.
Past Perfect Continuous • Refers to actions or events at a particular time in the past. She had been helping at him on and off for a few months. • Refers to actions or events up to just before a particular time in the past. He had been drinking. I could smell it on his breath. • It can refer to specific time in the past. At breakfast I wondered why I as so tired, then I remembered that at 2 am I’d been listening my neighbour arguing again.
