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It depends on what you are saying/writing, people don't talk or write only in the one tense.

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Yesterday was Wednesday so I went to the cinema. I always go to the cinema on Wednesday. When I was waiting to buy my ticket I saw an old friend I hadn't seen for years.

was / went = past simple

go = present simple

was waiting = past continuous

saw = past simple

hadn't seen = negative past perfect

Switch in one sentence:

I usually go to the cinema on Wednesday but this week I went on Thursday.

In this sentence the present verb go is used because this part of the sentence is talking about something the person does every week - a habit and present simple is used to talk about habits. The past verb went is used because the action is something that is in the past and completed.

Sometimes a piece of writing is written in one tense this is often done for effect.

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