Narrative tenses explanation - Focus 2.2

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Narrative tenses - 2.2 

Let's check your knowledge about past tenses

When do you use the past simple and how do you make the past simple?

Past simple

To talk about habits and facts in the past.

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• Talk --> Talked
• Play --> Played

When do you use the past continuous and how do you make it?

Past continuous

To talk about things that were happening for some time in the past (duration)

• I was screaming
• You were talking
• She was reading

Past continuous + past simple

A sudden interruption of an action in the past:

• I was brushing my teeth when she called me
• The dog was playing with the ball when it popped
• They were reading the paragraph when the teacher looked at them

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Past perfect + past simple

To talk about more actions that happened in the past; past perfect gebruik je voor wat het langst geleden is en de past simple voor de actie daarna.

• As soon as we had finished our drinks, we went to school.
• Before they went to the city, they had finished the game. 
• Right after he had shouted to me, he ran away.

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Work on 2.2 

• My English Lab: assignments 2.2 
• Click on the lightbulb if you need help
• Keep whispering
• Finished? Work on your book pitch