Bài 2: PAST TENSES

Contents
- Past simple
- Past continous
- Past perfect

Past simple
I was a very naughty student when I was at university. I often played truant and I spent a lot of time not learning anything. I preferred hanging out with friends. That's why I got really bad results.

Past simple: Form
- I played football.
- He played football.
- I had a dog.
- He had a dog.

Past simple: Use
I had a dog, but it was kidnapped.

I enjoyed playing sports when I was a kid, but now I no longer like it.
- I used to play sports.

Past continuous
When I came, she was having a bath.
was/were + V-ing

 What were you doing when I called you last night?

Past perfect
When I came, she had already finished taking a bath.
had + V3

- When he came, I had already finished.
- I had finished before he came.
- He came after I had finished.

In the test
1. He _____ downstairs when I _____ him.
A. was going, met
B. was going, was meeting
C. went, met
D. went, have met
2. I _____ you yesterday. You _____ outside a cafe.
A. saw, have been sitting
B. was seeing, were sitting
C. saw, were sitting
D. was seeing, sat
3. He _____ me his name after he _____.
A. had told, left 
B. was telling, left
C. had told, had left
D. told, had left