Past Tenses

Past Simple

We use it to talk about:

·         events or actions in the past which have completely finished:

-          I spent a fortnight in Cornwall with my family.

·         things that happened repeatedly in the past:

-          We went to London every weekend last year.

Past continuous

We use it to talk about:

·         action in progress at a specific moment in the past:

-          You were sitting on the bus.

·         action that takes place over a period of time in the past:

-          While I was working my sister was watching TV.

Past Perfect Simple

We use it to talk about:

·         action taking place before a certain time in the past:

-          Before I came here, I had spoken to Jack.

Used To

·         Affirmative: I/He/She/It/You/We/They + used to + infinitive.

-          She used to love eating sweets.

·         Negative: I/He/She/It/You/We/They + didn’t use to + infinitive.

-          I didn’t use to like coffe.

·         Questions: Did + I/He/She/It/You/We/They + use to + infinitive ?

-          Did you use to live here?

Be or get used to

·         We form be used to wich be + used to + -ing.

-          I’m used to getting up early

·         We form be used to wich get + used to + -ing.

-          He got used to walking everywhere

·         We can use be and get in different tenses, but used to never changes.

-          He will get used to being famous