The four narrative tenses are past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. Let’s look at each of these tenses one by one. 1. Past Simple. The past simple tense is used to talk about a certain action or event that took place at a specific point in the past. Here are some past simple example sentences: Past Continuous Worksheets. The past continuous and continuous forms, in general, are used with action verbs such as talk, drive, play, etc. The continuous form is not used with stative verbs such as 'be', 'seem', 'taste', etc. Some stative verbs can be used as action verbs so there are some exceptions. I'm reading about how to use "when" and "while" with past continuous and past simple tense. I quite understand about them. But there are another examples using "but" to join past continuous and past simple tense. I don't understand about them. Here are those sentences. I waved to Helen, but she wasn't looking. Here is an example: I read Tony’s email when I started work today. The main clause is “I read Tony’s email.” The additional information is “when I started work today.” The subordinating Hi team, I want to ask question about one thing. When I write for example; 1)While I was watching TV, somebody knocked the door. 2)While watching TV, somebody knocked the door. Are there any meaning diffrences between these 2 sentences? or they are the same meaning. I mean can we use just while+v-ing without meaning difference. Thank you. Best (past perfect continuous) The past perfect tense shows two events in the past that are linked, while the past perfect continuous tense shows the cause of a past action. Example: I couldn’t take my flight because I had forgotten my boarding pass. (past perfect) I had been travelling all night, so I was tired. (past perfect continuous) Btk4II.

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