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Understanding the Simple Past Tense in English

The Simple Past tense is used to indicate actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. This guide explains its usage, with examples such as "I saw a movie yesterday" and "Last year, I traveled to Japan." You'll learn how to form sentences in the Simple Past by using regular verbs with "ed" and identifying irregular verbs. Through various practice sentences, you can test your understanding and improve your skills in expressing past actions clearly and correctly. Join us to master the Simple Past.

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Understanding the Simple Past Tense in English

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  1. 1.1 Simple Past Form: Subject + [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs

  2. Weuse the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

  3. Examples: I saw a movie yesterday. I didn't see a play yesterday. Last year, I traveled to Japan. Last year, I didn't travel to Korea. Did you have dinner last night? She washed her car. He didn't wash his car.

  4. Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past). Last year I (spend) Spentmy holiday in Ireland. It (be) _____ great. I (travel) _____ around by car with two friends and we (visit)______  lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually (go)______  to a pub. One night we even (learn)_____  some Irish dances. We (be)_____  very lucky with the weather. It (not / rain)_____  a lot. But we (see)_______  some beautiful rainbows. Where (spend / you)_____  your last holiday?

  5. Answers: Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past). Last year I spent my holiday in Ireland. It was great. I travelled around by car with two friends and we visited lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually went to a pub. One night we even learnedsome Irish dances. We were very lucky with the weather. It did not rain a lot. But we saw some beautiful rainbows. Where did you spend your last holiday?

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