history: I took my final exam for a class on Friday. I hadn't studied for it at all because I was too busy partying. Amazingly despite not knowing anything about what was going on I got an A!
current: I had to take my final exam for my class on Friday. I'd been too busy partying to be able to study at all. Despite having no idea what was going on I wound up with an A!
next: thats great, good job.