This tense is used for:

• expressing the idea that action started and

finished at a specific time in the past:
Example: In 1991, Mr.Bean and Irma decided to
go to the cinema.

•the actions or events that happened one

after another in the past:
Example:Mr.Bean plugged his ears,wore the
popcorn bag and succeded to calm down.
FULL FORM: NEGATIVE FORM:
I I
YOU YOU
HE walked HE walk
did not decide
SHE decided SHE
(didn’t) run
IT ran IT
WE WE
THEY THEY

QUESTION FORM:
Did you walk? Didn’t you walk?
How did you_______?
When did you _____? Why didn’ you come?
When we are narrating events in the past
we use past continuous:
•Example: Mr. Bean was treating in a really strange way
and he was trying to scare Irma.
•While they were watching the movie, Mr.Bean
screamed.
FULL FORM: NEGATIVE FORM:
I was I wasn´t
HE HE
was
SHE SHE
not
IT was looking IT looking
(wasn’t
YOU YOU )were not
WE were WE
(weren’t)
THEY THEY
QUESTION FORM:
Were you looking? Weren’t you looking?
What were you
Was he looking? Wasn’t he looking?
doing?
Why was she Why wasn’t she
shouting? coming?
We use the past perfect to talk about an
event that happened before another event
in the past.
•Example: Mr. Bean and Irma had started dating
before but it was their first cinema experience
together.
FULL FORM: NEGATIVE FORM:
I I
YOU YOU
HE HE
SHE had started SHE had not started
IT met IT (hadn’t) met
WE WE
THEY THEY

QUESTION FORM:
Had you started? Hadn’t you started?
Had she met? Hadn’t she met?
Where had she been?
Why hadn’t he come?
What had you done?