Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action or state that occurred in the past. To form this tense, you simply add -ed to the end of the verb, as long as it is a regular verb. For example, the past tense of walk is walked. Be sure you use the simple past whenever you say when something happened in the past, for example, "I talked to her yesterday."

There are many irregular verbs in the simple past tense, however. For example, the past tense of have is had. The past tense of does is did. Be is especially tricky, because we say I/he/she/it was and you/we/they were.

To form the negative in the simple past tense, we put did not before the base form of the main verb, as in, "I did not see a movie last night." Did not is often shortened to didn't, especially in spoken English. With the verb "to be," we use was not, as in, "I was not impressed by the film."

Simple Past Tense Grammar Quiz

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jasonhe2014

China

i made many friends on English baby today! lol

safoonmark

United Kingdom

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.” To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.

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anandyjhon

United States

Many people hate to hear the sound of their voice and avoid listening to themselves speak. However, this is a very important exercise because doing it will help you become conscious of the mistakes you are making.

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ria-12

Indonesia

I went to cibubur yesterday, i met my brother and we ate together. Please correction my language. Thx

darkblue1

Saudi Arabia

need worksheet with answer key about simple past and past continuous.

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chikkupari

India

i had met my frnd yesterday

dayu1

Mexico

She was spend time with me in the rain ,so she got a flu, it wasn’t my fault, also she was drunk the last time I saw her, I was made for take care about her in that moments.
You were ran outside.
I didn’t know that
My dog didn’t eat.
I danced a lot at 10 o’clock