List of Past Continuous Tense Examples. It was snowing yesterday. They were eating at the restaurant. You were working yesterday. I was studying last night. I was waiting for the cab when I met Raj. The children were shouting when the teacher came in. It was midnight when it was raining. Everyone was clapping. Level: pre intermediate. Language: English (en) ID: 53254. 10/08/2019. Country code: AR. Country: Argentina. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Past Perfect (2012812) Easy worksheet to supply the past perfect form. The Past Perfect. This past tense is another really useful structure to introduce to the language you use. It’s fairly easy to create and has the same form for all the subjects, like the simple past. As with the past continuous, the past perfect is almost always used in combination with another past tense, usually the simple past. How to form Introduction. We use the past perfect to describe: actions that finished before another past action or event. facts or experiences that were true before a past action or event. Examples: They had taken many French lessons by the time they moved to France. They went to France in the past. .

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