An overview of the past tenses in

English

The students were chatting when the bell rang.

They went to the classroom.

While he was reading the newspaper, his wife was cooking.

7:00 – 8:00 (Cleaned the bedroom) 8:30 – (Mother arrived) 8:30 – (Checked emails) I had (already) cleaned my bedroom

when my mother arrived. I was checking my emails.

9:00 – 10:00 (Did my homework) 10:00 (Friend called ) I had been doing my homework for

one hour when my friend called me.