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Past tense review 2

ShareWe can use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past.

I left school when I was sixteen.
I was very happy then.
He told me all about his childhood.

We can use the past continuous to talk about past events which went on for a period of time.

While I [...]

Past tense review 1

ShareWe can use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past.

I left school when I was sixteen.
I was very happy then.
He told me all about his childhood.

We can use the past continuous to talk about past events which went on for a period of time.

While I [...]

Past tense

ShareThere are several ways of talking about actions that happened in the past. These include the simple past, the past progressive, the present perfect, the past perfect, and the phrase used to.
THE SIMPLE PAST
You usually make the simple past by adding -ed to the end of the verb. For example:
I walk         [...]