PAST SIMPLE & PAST PROGRESSIVE by Lizbeth Chumo https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91 Do you know how to use the past continuous and past simple? en-us 2020-07-23 23:57:08 UTC 2023-12-28 12:19:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/345784601/e314a83436289eb031243bae89c3bad0/110a019c_869a_4ada_9bae_89fddeda26d8.jpg Past Simple chumolizbeth https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661426623 2020-07-24 00:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661426623 Past Simple chumolizbeth https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661426896 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.


]]> 2020-07-24 00:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661426896 chumolizbeth https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661435783 • 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.

]]> 2020-07-24 00:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661435783 chumolizbeth https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661437319 •  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.

]]> 2020-07-24 00:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661437319 chumolizbeth https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661437782 • We often use expressions with ago with the past simple:
I met my wife a long time ago.

]]> 2020-07-24 00:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661437782 With most verbs, the past tense is formed by adding–ed: chumolizbeth https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661439090 called liked  wanted worked

]]> 2020-07-24 00:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661439090 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: chumolizbeth https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661440104 2020-07-24 00:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chumolizbeth/k8xlkz2a5kfsfn91/wish/661440104