About actions in the past

[Lonelyme]

please teacher,
i find great difficulty talking about actions in the past . should i use the past simple tense , the present perfect or the past perfect ? Or what ?
please reply.

[Mister Micawber]

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Use simple past tense mostly. Sometimes you can use present perfect when the past action affects the present strongly. You almost never need to use past perfect.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's