PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

​Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past.

​They watch television every evening.

​ (present simple)

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They​ watched television yesterday evening.

(past simple)​

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Watched is the past simple​:

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I / we / you / they

​he / she / it

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​watched

​The past simple is often -ed (regular verbs) for example:

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work = worked dance = danced

clean = cleaned stay = stayed

​start = started need = needed

• This morning I cleaned my teeth.

• Joseph worked in a bank from 1996 to 2003.

• Yesterday it rained all day.

• ​We enjoyed the party last night. We danced a lot and talked to a lot of people. The party finished a 2am.

​Some other verbs are irregular. The past simple is not -ed.

• I usually get up early, but this morning I got up at 10 o'clock.

• We did a lot of work yesterday.

• Caroline went to the cinema last week.

• James came into my room​, took off his coat and sat down.

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I

my teeth three times yesterday.

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It was hot in the room, so I

the window.

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The film was very long. It

started at 7.15pm and finished at 10 o'clock.

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When I was a child, I

to be a doctor.

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The accident

last Sunday afternoon.

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It's a nice day today, but yesterday it

all day.

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We

our holiday last year.

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We

at a very nice place.

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Anna's grandfather

when he was 90 years old.