Past
There are a number of ways of talking about the past: We talked for hours on the phone. (past simple)
She was running to catch the bus. (past continuous)
I’vecleaned the kitchen. (present perfect simple)
I’vebeenpainting. (present perfect continuous)
I’dpaid by credit card. (past perfect simple)
I’d been reading about the accident in the paper. (past perfect continuous)
The kids would play in the garden in the summer evenings and we would sit and talk for hours. (modal verb would)
He used to play lots of sport when he was younger. He doesn’t seem to do any exercise now. (semi-modal verb used to)
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