Verbs: Past tenses

Nota:

• This indicates a completed action in the past with a fixed time phrase

1. The Titanic sank in 1912

Nota:

• Remember that "would" and "used to" are also used to talk about the past in this way

1. Matthew spent most weekends at tennis tournaments

1. I was cutting up vegetables in the kitchen when I heard it on the six o´clok news

1. Norwich were losing two-nil, with only five minutes to go

1. We´ve lived here for eight years

1. They´ve cancelled tonight´s concert so we´ll have to do something

Nota:

• Needs to be used when it is important to show a time difference

1. Ken sat in the dark miserably and thought about what he had said to his girlfriend