| PAST |
past perfect simple |
C2 |
FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY', IMAGINED PAST
Can use the negative form after 'if only' to express regret. |
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| PAST |
past perfect simple |
C2 |
FORM: FIXED EXPRESSIONS 'HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR', 'IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR'
Can use 'had it not been for' and 'if it hadn't been for' with a modal form for giving reasons. |
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| PAST |
past perfect simple |
C2 |
FORM: INVERSION WITH 'HARDLY ... WHEN'
Can invert the subject and affirmative auxiliary verb with 'hardly ... when' to talk about something that happened immediately before something else, in formal contexts. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
A1 |
FORM: AFFIRMATIVE
Can use the affirmative form with a limited range of regular and irregular verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
A1 |
USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES
Can use the past simple to talk about everyday events or states. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
A2 |
FORM: AFFIRMATIVE
Can use the affirmative form with an increasing range of verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
A2 |
FORM: NEGATIVE
Can use the negative form with a limited range of regular and irregular verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
A2 |
FORM: QUESTIONS
Can use 'yes/no' and 'wh-' question forms with 'you' with a limited range of verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
A2 |
FORM: WITH 'WHEN'
Can use 'when' + past simple in subordinate clauses. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B1 |
FORM: AFFIRMATIVE
Can use the affirmative form with a wide range of verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B1 |
FORM: NEGATIVE
Can use the negative form with an increasing range of verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B1 |
FORM: QUESTIONS
Can use 'yes/no', 'wh-', tag and negative question forms with a limited range of verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B1 |
USE: HABITUAL STATES OR ACTIONS
Can use the past simple to talk about habitual states or actions. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B1 |
USE: IMAGINED SITUATIONS AFTER 'IF'
Can use the past simple after 'if' to talk about the possible result of an imagined situation in the present or future. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B1 |
USE: ORDERING OF PAST EVENTS
Can use the past simple to order sequences of events in the past, in the context of narratives. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B1 |
USE: REGRET
Can use the past simple with 'wish (that)' to express regret that things are not different. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B2 |
FORM: NEGATIVE
Can use the negative form with a wide range of regular and irregular verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B2 |
FORM: QUESTIONS
Can use 'yes/no', 'wh-', tag and negative question forms with an increasing range of verbs. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B2 |
FORM: WITH SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Can use the past simple with a range of subordinating conjunctions, including 'as soon as', 'before', 'if', 'once', 'since', 'so', 'until', 'when', 'while'. |
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| PAST |
past simple |
B2 |
FORM: WITH TIME ADJUNCTS
Can use a range of time adjuncts with the past simple. |
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