Name: Past Simple | Past Continuous | Past Perfect in English conversation!
Uploaded: 2025-08-06T07:49:35.000Z
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Here's what we know about the bank robbery so far.

The bank was robbed at 9 o'clock last night, and we have three suspects.

Past simple

The security camera recorded suspect number one at 9.05.

He was running away from the scene of the crime with a large bag.

Suspect number two was hanging around the bank all week.

Maybe she was planning the heist, or maybe she was doing something innocent.

Suspect number three is the bank security guard.

He was working at the time of the robbery.

More like he was robbing when he should have been working.

We need to find out where they were at the time of the robbery, who they were with, and what they were doing.

How much coffee did you have this morning?

We had dinner at a restaurant at six o'clock.

We went to La Pandaria, an Italian restaurant near our house.

Earlier that day, we had been shopping nearby and we drove past it.

My wife said that she had heard they make excellent pasta, so we decided to try it.

Pasta type, my friend, can make or break an alibi.

Now, what did you order and did it come with garlic bread?

I had the lasagna and my wife ordered a dish she had never tried before.

Actually, we had been discussing all week which movie to see.

I wanted to see that new action movie sequel that had just come out, but my wife hadn't enjoyed the first one.

In the end, we decided to watch the rom-com because we had watched an action movie a few days before.

You were caught on security camera running from the bank at 9.05pm with a large bag.

I know because the movie ended at 8.55 and we had parked a few blocks away.

We got soaked because it was raining when we came outside.

I think it had been raining for a while because the puddles on the ground were enormous.

The bag was takeaway from the restaurant.

Why were you hanging around outside the bank all day?

You walked past at 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, and 3 o'clock.

You were standing outside the door from 4 till 5, and you were looking in the window at 5.30.

I worked at the bank until last Friday, when the manager fired me.

I had been working there for almost 30 years when I lost my job.

In fact, when I started working there, the manager hadn't even been born yet.

I was hoping to run into the manager to ask him for an explanation.

The day before he fired me, he said I had been doing great work.

I thought I might even get a raise, but I didn't even see him.

Sounds like you had a reason to want revenge.

The bank was robbed at 9 o'clock last night, and you were standing across the street at that time.

Why were you there, and who were you talking to?

You were discussing the latest bank robbery techniques with your secret partner in crime, weren't you?

I was calling the manager, but he didn't pick up the phone.

I left a voice message because I hadn't seen him all day.

I wanted a recommendation letter, not a criminal record.

Were you the lookout for the other robbers?

I thought maybe he was working late that night, but he wasn't there.

You were working the night shift at the bank last night.

Well, I was doing a patrol through the offices at 9 o'clock when the bank vault was robbed.

I heard a noise in the manager's office, so I went to take a look.

I noticed that he had left his office unlocked, but there was no one there.

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