Make rules about the tenses

I played with my friends in the park. [Past Simple|Past Continuous|Past Perfect]

I was playing with my friends in the park. [Past Simple|Past Continuous|Past Perfect]

I had played with my friends in the park. [Past Simple|Past Continuous|Past Perfect]

We use [Past Simple|Past Continuous|Past Perfect] for actions starting and ending in the past.

We use [Past Simple|Past Continuous|Past Perfect] for actions starting in the past and continuing to the present.

We use [Past Simple|Past Continuous|Past Perfect] for actions that started and ended in the past before another action that is also in the past.