There didn’t use to be a petrol station there. When was it built?
We can use ‘used to’ to talk about past states ….
I used to go swimming every Thursday when I was at school.
I used to smoke but I gave up a few years ago.
… or we can use ‘used to’ to talk about repeated past actions
Remember that ‘used to’ is only for past states/actions that don’t happen now – we can’t use it for things that still happen now. Also, ‘used to + infinitive’ should not be confused with ‘be/get used to + ‘ing’ form’ – this is covered in a separate section.
Would
Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride.
My teachers would always say “Sit down and shut up!”
We can use ‘would’ to talk about repeated past actions.
Often either ‘would’ or ‘used to’ is possible. Both of these sentences are possible.
Every Saturday, I would go on a long bike ride.
Every Saturday I used to go on a long bike ride.
However, only ‘used to’ is possible when we talk about past states.
El "past perfect" hace referencia a un tiempo anterior al pasado reciente.
Se emplea para señalar que un
evento ocurrió antes que otro en el pasado. No importa
cuál de los eventos se mencione primero, porque el tiempo verbal deja claro el orden
temporal en que acontecieron.
had + past participle
El "past perfect" está compuesto por dos
partes:
El pasado del verbo to
have (had) + el "past participle" del verbo
principal.
Evento
a
evento b
I had saved my
document
before the computer crashed
When they arrived
we had already
started cooking.
John had gone out
when I arrived in the office
He was very tired
because he hadn't
slept well.
Ejemplos:
I hadworked for myuncle Shehadfinished her homework Wehadtalked for more than two hours Wehadvisited them once a week for the last year He had returned my car at last Ithad rained once a week for the last month Theyhadcompleted the project
"PAST PROGRESSIVE"
El pasado progresivo se usa para hablar de una acción que estaba ocurriendo en algún momento en el pasado.
WAS/WERE + -ING FORM
Ejemplos:
He was sleeping all night long.
Were you sleeping all night long?
I wasn't resting, I was working!
"SIMPLE PAST"
El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una acción que concluyó en un tiempo anterior al actual. La duración no es relevante. El tiempo en que se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado reciente o un pasado lejano.
Los verbos compuestos transitivos pueden ser separables o inseparables. Si un verbo compuesto es separable, significa que puede separar las dos palabras y poner el objeto directo en el medio. Si es inseparable, entonces no puedes hacer esto Separable Phrasal Verbs (los separables). Son aquellos phrasal verbs en los cuales se puede poner una persona del predicado, en medio de la acción y la preposición.
Separable Phrasal Verb Example: TURN OFF
Please turn offthe TV.
Please turn the TV off.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs (los inseparables) = son aquellos phrasal verbs en los que el verbo y la preposición siempre van juntas y no se separan, es decir, el object pronoun siempre se pone después de la preposición.
Inseparable Phrasal Verb Example: LOOK AFTER
I’ll look after your dog while you’re on vacation.
