Past Tenses

A1–B2

Describe finished actions, past habits, and events that were already in progress.

Lessons in this category

A finished action at a specific time in the past — I watched a film last night.

An action in progress at a moment in the past — I was watching TV when you called.

A past habit or state that isn't true anymore — I used to live in Kyiv.

A repeated past action, told like a memory — every summer, we would visit.

The earlier of two past actions — I had already left when she arrived.

An action that had been going on up to a point in the past.