PAST TENSES AND PRESENT PERFECT - THEORY

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It is used to talk about a completed action, event or situation at a particular time in the past.

PAST SIMPLE - "The train LEFT at 8.30 am"

It is used to talk about repeated actions in the past.

PAST SIMPLE - "We WENT to the beach at weekends in the summer"

It cannot be used with stative verbs (be, know, love, etc.), which describe a state rather than an action

PAST CONTINUOUS / PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS / PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

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