Jun 11, 2024 · Learn how to use the past simple to talk about the past, and do the exercises to practise using it.

Learn about the different verb forms you can use to talk about the past, and do the exercises to practise using them.

Do you know how to use the past continuous and past simple? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Level: intermediate with the -ing form to make the continuous aspect: We were walking down the street. Everything was wet. It had been raining for hours. with the past participle to make the …

Learn about the different past tense forms (past simple, past continuous and past perfect) and do the exercises to practise using them.

We use the past perfect simple (had + past participle) to talk about time up to a certain point in the past. She'd published her first poem by the time she was eight.

We make the passive using the verb be + past participle. We start the sentence with the object. ... It is not always necessary to add who or what did the action. ... Only the form of be changes to …

When we backshift, past simple usually changes to past perfect simple, and past continuous usually changes to past perfect continuous. 'We lived in China for five years.'

Present simple and past simple questions and negatives For all verbs except be and have, we use do/does or did to make Yes/No questions in the present simple and past simple:

Nov 8, 2025 · Again, if we say when it happened, we use the past simple. He broke his leg last week so he can't go on holiday. However, we often use the present perfect with words like …