โจ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ โจ How to describe events that happened in the past? What are the differences between the past simple, the past continuous, the past perfect, and the past perfect continuous? Here are some examples. 1โฃ๏ธ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ (was/were/did) ๐ก It describes the state of things at a particular point in time. e.g. I was at the library yesterday. (At that point in time, I was at the library.) 2โฃ๏ธ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ (was/were + doing) ๐ก It describes something that happened between two different points in the past, and it was continuous. e.g. I was reading a book at the library when you called me yesterday. (I was reading a book from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and you called me at 8 p.m.) 3โฃ๏ธ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ (had done) ๐ก Action was completed before another past action. e.g. I had arrived at the library before you called me yesterday. (I arrived at the library at 7 p.m., while you called me at 8 p.m.) 4โฃ๏ธ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ (had been doing) ๐ก Focus on the duration of an ongoing action up until another action in the past. e.g. I had been working at the bank for 5 years before I got promoted. (I started working for this company in 2020 and was still working when I got promoted in 2025. ) ๐Are they clear for you? If so, you can write your own sentences and put them in the comments. โ๏ธ