Prétérit simple. 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 ...

Conjugaison :present perfect ou prétérit. Past simple and present perfect. Time expressions that refer to the present, such as this morning/ ...

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

>> Au prétérit : I played football = J'ai joué au football. (même règle pour toutes les formes). Quelques exceptions ! 1) Bien sûr, si le verbe se termine déjà ...

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 .

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 verb ...

Past progressive. > The past progressive is a past tense which emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action described. WAS/WERE + Verb - ING. I was working.

The past conditional is expressed using the modal "would" before a past infinitive (= "have" + past participle). This construction serves to express missed ...

Did they live? -did not = didn't ( short form) -ed disappears at the negative form. Put the verbs in the brackets in the simple past tense.

Past perfect - cours. We use the Past perfect tense when we want to show that an action or event happened before another action or event in the past.