Caption: : Subject + Verb in simple past + Complement.
*Simple past is used to talk about actions totally finished in the past.
example:
I got my proffesional degree in 2015.
*Also is used to talk about a chain of actions that happened in the past.
example:
this morning I had breakfast, grabbed my backpack and took the school bus.
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Another use for simple past
If the simple past tense is used altogether with past continuous it means that an action was happening in the past (Past continuous) but it was interrupted by something else (Simple past).
Thomas was driving his car when suddenly a police officer stopped him.
Caption: : Vocabulary: Suddenly, Surf the net, Text somebody, altogether.
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Creating the simple past tense
Simple past is created by using the following method:
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Subject + verb in simple past + complement.
Jordy asked Hellen out yesterday.
NEGATIVE FORM :
we must use the auxiliary did + not (didn't). The main verb of the sentence must be in INFINITIVE
Subject + Aux did not + verb in infinitive + complement.
Jordy didn't ask Hellen out yesterday.
QUESTION FORM we must use:
Did + Subject + Verb in infinitive + complement?
Did Jordy ask Hellen out yesterday?
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Words that are used with the simple past
YESTERDAY
AGO
LAST
THE OTHER DAY
IN 2010
You can use these words at the beginning or at the end of the sentence to give an specific time lapse.
