| File info: Past Simple Tense
Definition
Past Simple Tense is a verb tense used to talk about actions that happened and were completed in the past. It is used to talk about events that happened in the past, but it is not used to talk about events that are still happening.
Format
To form Past Simple Tense, you add -ed to the infinitive form of the verb. For example, the infinitive form of the verb "to walk" is "walk," so the past simple form is "walked."
There are a few exceptions to this rule. For example, the past simple form of the verb "to be" is "was" for the first person singular (I) and "were" for the second and third person singular (he, she, it) and plural (we, you, they).
Examples
Here are some examples of Past Simple Tense:
I walked to school yesterday.
He ate an apple for lunch.
She played basketball with her friends.
It rained all day yesterday.
We went to the movies last night.
You told me a lie.
They went to bed early.
Use
Past Simple Tense is used to talk about actions that happened and were completed in the past. It is not used to talk about events that are still happening.
Here are some examples of when Past Simple Tense is used:
To talk about events that happened in the past, but are not still happening.
To talk about events that happened in a specific time in the past, such as yesterday, last week, or last month.
To talk about events that happened repeatedly in the past.
To talk about events that happened in the past, but are not important to the present. |
