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Simple Past Tense Guide

The document discusses the simple past tense. The simple past tense is used to talk about situations that finished in the past. It is also used when one event happens after another in the past. Examples are provided such as "I lived with my grandparents last summer" and "We arrived at the airport at eleven o'clock and took a taxi to the hotel." Lists of regular and irregular verbs are also included showing the infinitive form and past tense form.

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Simple Past Tense Guide

The document discusses the simple past tense. The simple past tense is used to talk about situations that finished in the past. It is also used when one event happens after another in the past. Examples are provided such as "I lived with my grandparents last summer" and "We arrived at the airport at eleven o'clock and took a taxi to the hotel." Lists of regular and irregular verbs are also included showing the infinitive form and past tense form.

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  • Introduction to Simple Past Tense
  • List of Verbs

Simple Past Tense

BY FIKA HADININGRUM KUSUMAWATI, [Link]


Simple Past Tense
We use the simple past to talk about a situation that finished in the past.

e.g. :
-I lived with my grandparents last summer.
-Did men have long hair in the 1960s?
Simple Past Tense
We use the simple past when one thing happens after another in the past.

e.g. :
-We arrived at the airport at eleven o’clock and took a taxi to the hotel.
-Then we went to the café and had a drink, but we didn’t eat anything.
List of Verbs Regular verbs
No Infinitive (Verb 1) Past (verb 2) No Infinitive (Verb 1) Past (verb 2)

1 6
work worked call called
2 7
play played talk talked
3 8
wash washed clean cleaned
4 9
cook cooked arrive arrived
5 10
open opened visit visited
List of Verbs Irregular verbs
No Infinitive (Verb 1) Past (verb 2) No Infinitive (Verb 1) Past (verb 2)

11 16
be was/were see saw
12 17
become became buy bought
13 18
cry cried go went
14 19
sleep slept give gave
15 20
win won do did
List of Verbs Irregular verbs
No Infinitive (Verb 1) Past (verb 2) No Infinitive (Verb 1) Past (verb 2)

21 26
make made take took
22 27
meet met put put
23 28
find found say said
24 29
write wrote speak spoke
25 30
read read (red) run ran

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