Past Tense and its Types

In English, there are three types of tenses – Present tense, Past tense and Future tense. Past tense is a type of tense that expresses something in past or states about some action that takes place in the past. For example: I got a baby bather India online yesterday. Here, the action of getting baby bather India online is done in past and therefore, the sentence is in past tense.  Past tense further can be classified into sub categories. Let’s have a look at the types of past tense along with examples.
Types of Past Tense:
•         Past Perfect Tense
•         Past Continuous Tense
•         Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Tense:
Past perfect tense refers to an action that is completed in the past. For example: My cousin bought branded baby foods online for her baby. Here, the action of buying branded baby foods online is completed in the past and therefore, the sentence is in past perfect tense.

Past Continuous Tense:
Past continuous tense refers to an action that was completed over a period of time in the past. For example: I was exploring a lot of baby online shops few days back and finally I got few good online baby stores. Here, the action of finding baby online shops was completed over a period of time and therefore the sentence is in past continuous tense.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense:
Past perfect continuous tense refers to an action that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. Unlike present perfect continuous tense, in past perfect continuous tense the action doesn’t continue till the present. For example: I had been working on this problem from five days. Here, the action of working out the problem started and ended in two different times in the past and therefore, the sentence is in past perfect continuous tense.
These are the basics about past tense and its types.