Past simple Infinitive + -ed( pentru verbele regulate) / 2nd form pt vb din lista verbelor neregulate) : I tried/ she

ate Neg& Interrogative: DID pentru toate persoanele + infinitiv scurt: I didnt eat/ she didnt eat actiune incheiata la un moment dat din trecut, mentionat sau nu folosit pentru a povesti la trecut( trecutul narativ) adverbe: yesterday, last week/year, ago, etc

Past continuous Trecutul aux. be: WAS/ WERE + V- ing actiune trecuta, in progres, de obicei intrerupta de una de mai scurta durata, redata de trecutul simplu I was eating when you came. - actiuni simultane in progress in trecut I was eating while my sister was watching TV. - se traduce de obicei cu imperfectul romanesc -

Past perfect simple Trecutul aux. have: HAD pentru toate persoanele + Ved/ 3 rd form pt vb neregulate ( participiul trecut) I had eaten when you came home. actiune trecuta, anterioara altei actiuni trecute tradus de obicei cu mai mult ca perfectul romanesc sau cu perfect compus

Past perfect continuous Trec perf al aux. BE: HAD BEEN( pt toate persoanele) + V-ing I had been eating for some time when my parents came home. - actiune trecuta, anterioara altei atiune trecute, dar in progress fata de actiunea exprimata de past pefect simple

I ate strawberries yesterday. I didnt eat apples .