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Learn how to use the past simple to talk about the past, and do the exercises to practise using it.
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Easy explanations and examples about how to make the past simple (or simple past) tense in English with lots of exercises and quizzes.
The Past Simple is used to write and talk about completed actions that happened in a time before the present. It is the basic form of the past tense in English. Study the following information how to form the simple past and how to form the negation and questions.
You use Past Simple for past actions, which happened one after the other. Emily came to the cafe, ordered a cup of coffee, and drank it with pleasure. He put on his clothes, took the key, and went outside.
The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.
Simple past lesson with explanations of the grammar structure including questions, and negatives. Find links to simple past exercises.
The past simple is the most common way of talking about past events or states which have finished. It is often used with past time references (e.g. yesterday, two years ago). Please explain past events or states! A past event could be one thing that happened in the past, or a repeated thing.
