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The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.	Form of Simple Past Positive Negative Question no differences I spoke. I did not speak. Did I speak?
For irregular verbs, use the past form (see list of irregular verbs, 2nd column). For regular verbs, just add “ed”	Image: Descargat (binary/octet-stream)
Use of Simple Past action in the past taking place once, never or several times Example: He visited his parents every weekend	Complete the sentences with was or were. I happy. You angry. She in London last week. He on holiday. It cold. We at school. You at the cinema. They at home. The cat on the roof. The children in the garden.
How to Formulate the Simple Past For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e):	Play→Played Type→Typed Listen→Listened Push→Pushed Love→Loved
For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some irregular verbs looks exactly like the root form:	Put→Put Cut→Cut Set→Set Cost→Cost Hit→Hit
How to Make the Simple Past Negative Fortunately, there is a formula for making simple past verbs negative, and it’s the same for both regular and irregular verbs (except for the verb to be).	Tankiu Image: Po85wzsfvo (binary/octet-stream)

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