Past simple ↓I didn’t see her in the shop yesterday.She didn’t leave for Paris in 1998.They came to the lecture too early last Monday.Past Simple + Past continuous ↓Sally came when I was having breakfastThe man was limping on towards this latter, as if he were the pirate come to life, and come down, and going back to hook himself up againPast simple + Past perfect ↓When I came to work they had already completed the meetingWhen Jack saw the elephants at the zoo, he was amazedPast simple + Past continuous perfect ↓Tom had been watching the film for 2 hours when the TV screen suddenly went blankMary felt tired as she had been singing for several hoursIt was clear they had known each other for a long time