• 10 Jul 17
  

  mercè guerra
  • specific time in
  • tion started and finished
  • a duration which starts and stops in the past
  • a habit which stopped in the past
  • when-clauses,

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• 18 Dec 15
  

  vijayasekhary
  • travel
  • didn't
  • A Series of Completed Actions
  • scribe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "

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• 01 Oct 15
  

  joshramirez

  tenses

• 19 Jul 15
  

  sbenitezd

  grammar past sec1B1

• 18 Apr 15
  

  racheldaw

  elt grammar tenses

• 23 Mar 15
  

  lilyvanbreukelen
• 19 Feb 15
  

  rosalba carballeira
• 11 Dec 14
  

  joanasousa

  Inglês

• 09 Dec 14
  

  gutonunes

  Inglês PastSimple Verbos Passado

• 12 Sep 14
  

  harlock68

  ENG

• 21 Jul 14
  

  marizamoura
• 22 Mar 14
  

  Brett Costin

  • E 1 Completed Action in the Past

     
• 23 Feb 14
  

  Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos

  grammar

• 29 Nov 13
  

  MiHyun Kang

  Denis : 과거시제 도표가 있은는 유용한 사이트

• 17 Oct 13
  

  Catarina Wang

  inglês

  • • 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.
     
     
     

    USE 2 A Series of Comple
  • • 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.
  • • 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.

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• 

  sarawhat191

  past simple
  

  Inglês

  • • You called Debbie.
     
    • Did you call Debbie?
     
    • You did not call Debbie

  • 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.
• 11 Oct 13
  

  ameli garrastatxu

  Aditzak lantzeko

  GAUZAPERTSONALAK ENGLISH

• 30 Aug 13
  

  Kre Rad

  grammar english past simple tense

• 06 Nov 12
  

  Andre Santos

  Past Simple

  Ingles

  • Simple Past
  •  
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    Simple Past
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    <!-- #EndLibraryItem -->
    FORM
     
    [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs
     
     
    Examples:
     
     
    • You called Debbie.
     
    • Did you call Debbie?
     
    • You did not call Debbie.
     
     
      Complete List of Simple Past Forms
    USE 1 Completed Action in the Past
     
    
     
    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
  • [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs

  • Examples:

     
     
    • You called Debbie.
     
    • Did you call Debbie?
     
    • You did not call Debbie.
  • USE 1 Completed Action in the Past
  • express
  • Simple Past
  • action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

  • 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.
  • USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions
  • Simple Past
  • list a series of completed actions in the past

  • 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?
  • USE 3 Duration in Past
  • duration
  • starts and stops in the past
  • Simple Past

  • 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.
  • USE 4 Habits in the Past
  • Simple Past
  • describe a habit which stopped in the past

  • 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.
  • USE 5 Past Facts or Generalizations
  • Simple Past
  • describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true.

  • Examples:

     
     
    • She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing.
     
    • He didn't like tomatoes before.
     
    • Did you live in Texas when you were a kid?
     
    • People paid much more to make cell phone calls in the past.

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  Inês Maria

  Inglês

  • [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs
  • call
  • call
  • call
  • Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a  specific time in the past
  • We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past
  • The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past
  • 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."
  • The Simple Past can also be used to describe past facts or generalizations which  are no longer true.

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• 29 Sep 12
  

  Glen Williams-Jonosky

  TEFL grammar past simple

• 14 Sep 12
  

  betchi
• 05 Sep 12
  

  Evvie Sands
• 05 Aug 12
  

  pablo bonacalza

  "Simple Past can "

  english xxx

• 21 Jul 12
  

  elena pham
• 04 May 12
  

  Andrea Bama

  Grammar

  grammar

• 27 Mar 12
  

  crystabelle
  • • 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?
  • • 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?
     
     
     

    USE 3 Duration in Past

     

    
  • • 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?
     
     
     

    USE 3 Duration in Past

     

    

  • xamples:

     

     
    • 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?
     

     
     

    USE 3 Duration in Past

  •  
     
    • I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
     
    • He arrived from the

  •  
     
    • I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
     
    • He arrived from the

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• 09 Jan 12
  

  mat foot
• 08 Apr 11
  

  Jessé Moraes Braga

  english grammar

• 17 Mar 11
  

  Kaz Patton

  grammar Writing

• 08 Oct 10
  

  Kawory Berthe

  ESL Resource

• 02 Jul 10
  

  toruel-martin

  This is one of my useful tool at the time of letting my students look for information related to grammar. Hope YOU find it as USEFUL as I do!

  educación hotlists clase de inglés segunda ESL diplomado ALAD

• 08 May 10
  

  Rafael Savi

  inglês

• 11 Mar 10
  

  rina worah

  past t

  • Simple Past

     <!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/300%20Box%20Ad.lbi" --> 
       
    <!-- #EndLibraryItem -->

    FORM

     

    [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs

     
     
    Examples:
     
     
    • You called Debbie.
     
    • Did you call Debbie?
     
    • You did not call Debbie.
     
     
      Complete List of Simple Past Forms
• 12 Feb 10
  

  bonny bhagat
  • USE 1 Completed Action in the Past
  • USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions
  • USE 3 Duration in Past
  • USE 4 Habits in the Past
  • USE 5 Past Facts or Generalizations

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• 19 Nov 09
  

  remarrita

  página que explica los tiempos y ofrece ejercicios

  english activities grammar past_simple IEDA tenses

• 27 Dec 08
  

  Jose Sanchez

  MUY BUENA PAGINA PARA LOS VERBOS

  ingles

• 13 Nov 08
  

  usef_ksa

  esl

• 19 Jul 08
  

  Nergiz Kern

  Very good pages with explanations on when a tense is used

  grammar exercises online tenses

• 19 Jun 08
  

  Teadira Pérez

  Grammae

• 01 Dec 07
  

  Josefa Valdelvira

  angles_gramatica

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