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The simple past tense is a verb form used to refer to an action or series of actions that were completed in the past. The simple past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding “-ed” to the infinitive form of the verb (e.g., “cook” becomes “cooked”).

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The Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It's also possible to use the simple past in a sentence without specifying a time, but it must have previously been made clear that the speaker is referring to a finished period.

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Past Simple Tense - English grammar tutorial video lesson

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Past Simple Formula: Subject + verb (base form) + -ed (for regular verbs) / did / have / was.

This is very important to know how to do it correctly.

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Past Simple Tense | Structuring Sentences

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When we use “was” (first form of the simple past verb to be) we start sentences with I, He, She or It. To use “were” in sentences, we must use it together with You, They or We.

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What is the simple past tense of the verb tobe?

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What is the simple past tense of the verb tobe?

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The verb to be is an irregular verb, as can be seen in its past simple forms (which can be translated as: I was / was / was / was, you were / were / were / were, etc.). Was I...? Were you…? Was he / she / it…?

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Now we will see some sentences with the past simple

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Now we will see some sentences with the past simple

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The "simple past" is used to talk about an action that concluded at a time before the current one. The duration is not relevant. The time in which the action takes place can be the recent past or the distant past.
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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The past simple in our language, therefore, indicates an action that has already been carried out and that has no necessary link with what is being done in the present. The past in question, therefore, is indefinite and unrelated to the present.