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In this grammar refresh, we'll start by looking at a few of the uses, the past tense.

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Now, the first use is its most obvious use, and that is to just talk about a definite action that

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has been completed in the past.

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So this action has happened.

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It's done.

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And that's when we use this past tense.

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For example, here I sent my CV and references exactly a week ago.

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Here I sent.

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Asked tents, this action has happened, it has been completed.

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But we can also use to talk about how someone felt about something so you can see in this last sentence

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it says, I don't think they liked my bold move.

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So here we're talking about how.

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What we think they felt right and we think they didn't like.

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Or I don't think they liked my bold move, but let me read the full example.

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I sent my CV and references exactly a week ago, they haven't replied yet, I didn't want to wait.

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I called them first.

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I don't think they liked my bold move.

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So we can pick out all the possible tents we have sent here, haven't replied, I have not replied,

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but that is in the past simple tents they didn't want, did not want.

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There and liked.

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The next part of the grammar refresh is talking about introductory elements.

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These are things that you put in the beginning of your main sentence.

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There are within the main sentence, but at the beginning of it, it kind of adds a pause to the sentence.

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It's kind of sets up the main point.

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Now, when you're writing these, you're always going to place a comma at the end of them.

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When you're speaking, you're always going to pause after that.

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All right, let's take a look at our examples, the first one, after a week of waiting, I finally

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got a job after so you can see the comedy here.

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The introductory phrase is after a week of waiting.

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And you notice I put that puzzle after a week of waiting.

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I finally got a job offer.

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The next example since I'm relocating.

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I need to find a new job.

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And the last one.

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In the end.

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I can only wait for their decision now.

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So, again, make sure you have the collar in there if you're writing, and make sure you add a little

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bit of a pause if they're using these when you speak.