Exploring Past Tense: A Guide to Different Forms and Uses

In this course, we will discuss :

Tenses play a crucial role in the English language. It denotes the time an action takes place, whether sometime in the past, in the present or will take place some time in the future. Tenses are just the way we talk about time. Tenses can be broadly classified into three categories.

  What are various types of Tenses?

In each category of tense, there are four different types i.e.

1.Simple

2.Continuous

3.Perfect

4.Perfect Continuous

-What is past tense?

-What are the various types of past tense?

-  Description of Past Simple, Past Continuous , Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous Tenses.

-When to use these tenses?

- What are irregular and regular verbs?  What do you mean by Stative and Active verbs?

Is there any difference between Present Perfect Tense and Past Simple Tense?

When not to use Stative Verbs?

Use of words – always, constantly, when and while in the past continuous tense

What are the various rules which we have to follow while changing verbs into past tense?

What are Be verbs?

Some rules to help you add “ing”

-How to make positive, negative and interrogative sentences using past tense?

- What are the common mistakes made in using this tense? etc.