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We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. The
actions can be short or long. There can also be a few actions happening one after another.
Generally, there are two important facts to remember about this tense:
Irregular verbs
Questions and negative sentences, unlike the positive ones, preserve the base form of the
verb (Did you go there?)
Copernicus was
the first to be
sure that the
Sun, rather than
the Earth, is the
center of the
Solar System.
Use
1. Events in the past that are now finished (e.g. I went to school)
2. Situation in the past (they lived a normal life until they won a lottery)
Declarative sentences:
Mary tried the soup but it was too hot to eat. (Use 1)
I lived in New York for 10 years (I don't live there anymore) (Use 2)
Questions:
Negative sentences:
Subject + Auxiliary verb + Verb
He didn't learn any Italian when he was in Italy two year ago. (Use 2)
Yesterday, I met my old friend from school and she looked really weird.