Past tenses

We use the ___________ for actions or states that occurred at some unspecific point in the past, but the experience still feels relevant and current.

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect Simple

• Present Perfect Continuous

We use the _________ for actions or states that occurred and were completed in the past.

• Past Simple

• Present Simple

• Present Simple Continuos

We use the_________ when the emphasis is on the ¨recentness¨of something, or ¨how long¨.

• Past simple

• present perfect simple

• present perfect continuous

We use the _______ when the emphasis is on ¨how much¨ or ¨how many¨.

• Simple Past

• Present Perfect Simple

• Present Perfect Continuos

Amy won/ has won last year´s spelling competition.

• won

• has won

The girl has been talking/talked about the competition ever since she won.

• talked

• has been talking

The town I live in has changed / has been changing a lot in the last few years.

• has changed

• has been changing

I attended/ have been attending a Spanish class for the past six months.

• attended

• have been attending

I didn´t learn/ haven´t learnt to say much since I started the class.

• didn´t learn

• haven´t learnt

You can´t say you don´t like playing the piano until you did/´ve done it for a while.

• did

• ´ve done