Past Tenses

The past tense is a verb tense expressing activity, action state or being in the past. In English, there are two types of past tense:

1. simple past
2. present tense

1. Simple past include:

• Past Progressive
• Past Simple
• Past Perfect
• Past Perfect Continuous

2. The present tenses:

• Present Perfect Continuous
• Present Perfect

Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) both refer to the present and to the past.

• I have just eaten my chocolate bar.
• Mike has never seen a car like this before.