Past Forms

1. Past simple

1.1. Even and action in the past

1.2. e.g: I left last week

2. Past continuous

2.1. Situations in progress in the past

2.2. e.g: I was going to take

2.3. Intensifying

2.3.1. Adv+gradable adj: awfully

2.3.2. Adv+ungradable adj: absolutely

3. Could and was able to

3.1. Past habilities

3.2. Able to, managed to, succeeded for+ing: specific time in past

4. Past modal verbs

4.1. Had to+ inf: necessity at particular time

4.2. Must have+past part: deduction

4.3. Could have/may have/might+past part: speculation

4.4. Should have+past part: advice

5. Past perfect simple

5.1. A bit, absolutely, completely, totally

5.2. Quite+v: rather or completely

6. Past perfect continuous

6.1. quite fast

6.2. extremely openly

6.3. Avoid -ly with more than adv: quite brilliantly*

7. Used to and would

7.1. Figurative: totally and completely

7.2. Literal: rather, quite and pretty

7.3. Used to: Habits and states of the past actions

7.4. Would+inf: only habits in the past, not now

7.5. ''Used to'' then ''would'' in a sentence to describe habitual actions