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We use the past tense to talk about:

Something that happened once in the past:

I met my wife in 1983.

We went to Spain for our holidays.

They got home very late last night.

Something that happened several times in the past:

When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day.

We swam a lot while we were on holiday.

They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

Something that was true for some time in the past:

I lived abroad for ten years.

He enjoyed being a student.

She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.

We often use expressions with ago with the past simple:

I met my wife a long time ago.

--With most verbs, the past tense is formed by adding –ed:
called liked  wanted worked.
--But there are a lot of irregular past tense forms in English. Here are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tense forms

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The Structure of the past simple is  the following:

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The Structure of the past simple is  the following:

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AFFIRMATIVE:

subject + verb (in past form) + complement.

Example: I saw a movie yerterday.

NEGATIVE:

subject + auxiliary verb (did) + negation + verb(infinitive) +    complement.

Example: He didn't hear the telephone.

INTERROGATIVE:

Auxiliary verb (did) + subject + verb(infinitive) + complement + ?.

Example: Did you have dinner last  night?

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With the verb to be for subjects: I, He, She, It use WAS and for the others use WERE.

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With the verb to be for subjects: I, He, She, It use WAS and for the others use WERE.

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AFFIRMATIVE:

Subject + verb (was/were) + complement.

Example: He was last night.

NEGATIVE:

Subject + verb (was/were) + negation + complement.

Example: I wasn't angry.

INTERROGATIVE:

Verb (was/were) + subject + complement + ?

Example: Was Mark at school yesterday?

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The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past
1. The past progressive tense can be used to describe an activity in the past that was interrupted:
• He was painting the door when a bird struck the window.
• They were sleeping when the alarm went off.

2. The past progressive tense can be used for describing an action taking place when another occurred.
• While they were painting the door, I painted the windows.
• While they weren't painting the door, I painted the windows.
• Were they painting the door when I painted the windows?
• Weren't they painting the door when I painted the windows?

3. The past progressive tense can be used for describing an action that was taking place at the same time as another:
• While they were painting the door, I was painting the windows.

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The Structure of the past simple is  the following:

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The Structure of the past simple is  the following:

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AFFIRMATIVE:

subject + verb (in past form) + complement.

Example: I saw a movie yerterday.

NEGATIVE:

subject + auxiliary verb (did) + negation + verb(infinitive) +    complement.

Example: He didn't hear the telephone.

INTERROGATIVE:

Auxiliary verb (did) + subject + verb(infinitive) + complement + ?.

Example: Did you have dinner last  night?