Compare these examples: ·After she left hospital (past), she had a long holiday. ·After Dominic has left school (future), he will be spending six months in ...

Main use: action in the past, which was being done, when another short action interrupted it. Syntax: auxiliary BE (was/were) + Verb + -ING. Examples:

Past Simple (Preterite). Main use: past action (dated and definite). -- REGULAR VERBS -- Did they play football yesterday?

3 temps en français : le passé composé, l'imparfait et le passé simple, tous rendus par 1 seul temps en anglais : le prétérit. 1) LE PRETERIT, CE SERAIT FACILE.

... prétérit. PRESENT (rappel). I am. you are. he is / she is / it is. we are. you are. they are. PRETERIT. I was. you were. he was / she was / it was. we were. you ...

Prétérit. Simple past : To form the simple past tense of some regular verbs that end in a vowel+consonant,double the consonant and then add -ed .

The past simple is used to describe a finished action in the past. We often use it in stories. Grammatically speaking, we form the past simple of regular verbs.

Le prétérit (past simple/preterite). Principal emploi : action passée et terminée, datée soit par le contexte, soit par l'énonciateur (celui qui parle).

Prétérit simple · 1. generally, add '-ed' to the end of a verb · 2. if the verb ends with an 'e' that does not sound , add '-d' to the end of it. · 3.if the ...