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Past Tense
by Deborah A. Bailey
Did you know that tenses (past, present and future) come in three types: Simple, Perfect and Progressive?
Simple Past - A past state or action.
She walked to the park.
Her train left last night.
He called her on her cell phone.
Past Perfect (Pluperfect) - A completed action that has occured in the past, formed using "had" and a past participle.
She had walked in the park that morning.
They had taken the train the night before.
He had called her on her cell phone.
Past Progressive - A state or action ongoing in the past, formed using "was" or "were" and a present participle.
They were walking in the park.
She was taking the train.
He was going to call her last night.
A participle is a verb form. "Walked," "taken" and "called" are past participles. "Walking," "taking" and "going" are present participles.
Copyright © 2007 Deborah A. Bailey
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