: a state that continues from the past until now; the indefinite past; a past state or action that affects the present; a recently finished action; an experienc

a museum about the past

i was sleeping (example)

somewhere that religious people go to pray etc

for: past states, completed actions, past habits and routines;

an action in progress in the past, an ongoing action interrupted, providing background information to a story; used to, would

a very old grave where the dead have been buried

continuous actions or states with indefinite time that continue to the present and/or has a present effect; to state how long an action has been in progress for