Understanding Simple Past Tense

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Simple past tense definition

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actions completed in the past

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Regular verb simple past ending

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"-ed" to base verb

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Simple past of "go"

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went

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Simple past of "have"

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had

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Simple past of "be" (I/he/she/it)

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was

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Simple past of "be" (you/we/they)

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were

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Negative form in simple past

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not + base verb

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Question form in simple past

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+ subject + base verb

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Use of time expressions (yesterday, last week)

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when past action happened

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Changing "study" to simple past

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studied