This document provides information about the simple past tense in English. It discusses:
1) The simple past tense is used to talk about completed actions that occurred at a specific time in the past. Verbs are conjugated using "ed" or irregular forms.
2) Examples of how the simple past can be used to talk about completed actions, a series of completed actions, durations in the past, and past habits.
3) A list of common regular and irregular verbs in the simple past tense is provided.
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Simple Past
2. Simple past
The simple past (also called past simple, past
indefinite or preterite) is a verb tense which is used to
show that a completed action took place at a specific
time in the past. The simple past is also frequently
used to talk about past habits and generalizations.
Read on for detailed descriptions, examples, and
simple past exercises.
3. Simple Past Forms
The simple past is formed using the verb + ed. In
addition, there are many verbs with irregular past
forms. Questions are made with did and negative
forms are made with did not.
Statement: You called Debbie.
Question: Did you call Debbie?
Negative: You did not call Debbie.
4. Simple Past Uses
Completed Action in the Past
simple past completed action
Use 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. 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.
5. Simple Past Uses
We use the simple past to list a series of completed
actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th, and so on.
Examples:
I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a
nice place to swim.
He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the
hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the
eggs?
Series of Completed Actions
6. Simple Past Uses
Duration in the Past
simple past duration
The simple past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the
past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as:
for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.
Examples:
I lived in Brazil for two years.
Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
They sat at the beach all day.
They did not stay at the party the entire time.
We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
A: How long did you wait for them?
B: We waited for one hour.
7. Simple Past Uses
Habits in the Past
simple past habit
The simple past can also be used to describe a habit which
stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to."
To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add
expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a
child, when I was younger, etc.
Examples:
I studied French when I was a child.
He played the violin.
He didn't play the piano.
Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
She worked at the movie theater after school.
They never went to school, they always skipped class.