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Which tense is used to describe an ongoing action or event that was happening at a specific point in the past?
Which tense is used to describe an ongoing action or event that was happening at a specific point in the past?
- Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- Past Continuous Tense (correct)
- Past Perfect Tense
- Simple Past Tense
Which tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred and was completed in the past?
Which tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred and was completed in the past?
- Past Perfect Tense
- Simple Past Tense (correct)
- Past Continuous Tense
- Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Which tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred before another action or event in the past?
Which tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred before another action or event in the past?
- Past Continuous Tense
- Simple Past Tense
- Past Perfect Tense (correct)
- Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Which tense is used to describe an ongoing action or event that started in the past and continued up to a certain point in the past?
Which tense is used to describe an ongoing action or event that started in the past and continued up to a certain point in the past?
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How is the simple past tense formed for irregular verbs?
How is the simple past tense formed for irregular verbs?
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Study Notes
Past Tenses
- The past continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action or event that was happening at a specific point in the past.
- The simple past tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred and was completed in the past.
- The past perfect tense is used to describe an action or event that occurred before another action or event in the past.
- The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action or event that started in the past and continued up to a certain point in the past.
Forming Irregular Verbs
- The simple past tense for irregular verbs is formed uniquely for each verb, and does not follow a specific pattern.
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