PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

- Ed / 2nd column - WAS/WERE + verb ING - HAD + verb (-ed/3rd column)

- DID/DIDN’T (estaba jugando) (había jugado)
(jugué)
Adverbials: Yesterday at 1.00pm already, yet,
Yesterday, while ___ before,
Last week/month… after
…years ago ever, never,
In 1980 recently, lately,
When
- Narrative use (el sol
brillaba…/era un día
maravilloso…)
- Actions in progress

Combinations:

1. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

 He was drinking beer when he suddenly felt sick.
 When the doorbell rang, I was sleeping.
 When they went into the room, they saw the surprise
 I poured a glass of salt instead of sugar into the birthday cake while I was making it.

2. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT

 Jane had read a lot about elephants before she went to the zoo.

3. PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT

 When John arrived home, his fiancée was sleeping on the sofa (at that moment) and she
had already had dinner.