Completar frases Tense RulesVersión en línea Read the sentences in the Grammar box and complete these rules with simple past, past continuous, past perfect, or used to. por Kübra Erdoğan 1 past past perfect simple to past continuous used When we tell stories or talk about actions or events in the past : 1 . We use the to describe an incomplete action or event when another action happened . The actions are often connected with when , while , or as . We also use it to give background information . It is not used with stative verbs ( know , love , etc . ) . 2 . We usually use the to describe completed actions in the past . If actions happen one after another , we use this tense . 3 . We use the to emphasize that one past action finished before another past action . The actions are often connected with after , before , and already . 4 . We usually use to talk about situations , habits , and routines that were true in the past but are not true anymore .