Level B1 (approx. band 4-5) · Academic and General Training In Speaking Part 2, you get a task card, one minute to prepare with pencil and paper, and then you speak for up to two minutes. Many cards ask about a past event. Most learners tell the whole story in the past simple: "I went. In this episode: • Past continuous: the background • Past perfect: the earlier past • Used to and would: old habits • Building a part 2 story • Model • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • Past continuous for the background. Past simple for the event that happens in the middle of it. • had plus past participle shows the earlier of two past actions. • used to for past habits and states. would for repeated past actions only. • Background, earlier past, events, reflection. One stage, one main tense. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.