Past Tenses

Hi! In the following text I will talk about some past tenses, I will explain when you can use it and I will give you some examples.

Simple Past
It is used when you want to describe something  hat has started in the past but also has finished, by example:

• My mom cleaned the window.
• I broke my leg playing football.

Past Perfect

It is commonly used when you are talking about an action in the past but you want to give importance to the action. It also can be used to refer to an action that took place in a time before another action, by example:

• I had lost my new ring.
• The game had finished when she arrived to the stadium.

Past continuos

It is used to describe some action that was been carried out in some moment in the past, by example:

• I was playing fooball with my friends.
• They were studying for the exam.

Past perfect continuous

It is used to shoy something that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past, by example:

• I had been playing before remember about my english homework.
• He had been crying before receive his gift.

Used to

It is used to indicate something that happened in the past but in usual way.

• We used to go to the beach every summer when I was young.
• He used to run every morning with his dog before get sick.

Well, I hope this examples can help you to know more about the past tenses.