İngilizce geçmiş zaman ifade etmek için çeşitli yapılar kullanılabilir. Simple Past ve Past Continuous en yaygın kullanılan yapılar arasındadır. İşte her iki yapıdan 10 adet örnek cümle:
Simple Past Tense örnekleri:
1. She visited her friends last week.
2. I finished the project on time.
3. He bought a new car yesterday.
4. They went to Italy last summer.
5. We watched a movie last night.
Past Continuous Tense örnekleri:
6. I was studying when she called.
7. They were playing football when it started raining.
8. She was cooking while I was cleaning the house.
9. He was sleeping when the alarm went off.
10. We were driving to the beach when the car broke down.