SIMPLE PAST TENSE

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

When do we use the Simple Past tense?

We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

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​What are some common time expressions used with the past tense? Last month, Yesterday, in 1986, last week, ago

EXAMPLE

• John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.

• My father died last year.

• He lived in Fiji in 1976.

• We crossed the Channel yesterday.

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PAST TIME EXPRESSION

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• frequency: often, sometimes, always I sometimes walked home at lunchtime. I often brought my lunch to school.

• a definite point in time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago We saw a good film last week. Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva. She finished her work atseven o'clock I went to the theatre last night

• an indefinite point in time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago People lived in caves a long time ago. She played the piano when she was a child.

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