Question

What tense are these verbs?
1 didn't break, saw, arrived
2 were running, were looking, was walking
3 had phoned, had gone

Answer 1

1. "didn't break", "saw", and "arrived" are all in the **past simple** tense.

2. "were running", "were looking", and "was walking" are all in the **past continuous** tense.

3. "had phoned" and "had gone" are both in the **past perfect** tense.