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questão		resposta
Use the past simple When I arrived, my friends left. começar a aprender		for completed actions in the past which tell the main events in a story.
Use the past perfect simple (had + past participle) começar a aprender		to link the past to a point further back in the past.
The past perfect simple is used My friends had left by the time I arrived. começar a aprender		to talk about completed actions/events that happened before another action/event/ the story began.
When I arrived at the restaurant, my friends had left. começar a aprender		Here we say the events (left, arrived) in a different order from which they occurred.
The past perfect simple is used with "thinking" verbs and also with because I suddenly remembered I hadn't phoned Sue. I felt terrible because I'd promised to phone her. começar a aprender		such as realise, remember, forget, think, find out, discover.
Use the past continuous (was/were + verb + -ing) começar a aprender		to describe an action in progress at a specific time or point in the story.
The past continuous is used He was sleeping when the plane landed. começar a aprender		when another shorter action or event happened (usually in the past simple).
I was walking along the street when I noticed the man. começar a aprender		Use the past continuous to set the scene of the story or a section of the story.
Use the past perfect continuous (had + been + verb + -ing) começar a aprender		to talk about longer actions or situations which started before the story began and continued to the beginning of a story.
Use the past perfect continuous before She had been living there for a week before they met. começar a aprender		a point or an action in the story and continued up to that action. The length of the action is often mentioned with for or since.
Use the past perfect continuous before a point where there is evidence of a recent activity. começar a aprender		David looked very tired because he'd been working all night.

3.1 narrative tenses

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