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Past simple - English lesson

Hello learners!

When to use  the past simple tense?

• To talk about  daily routine in the past(that we used to).
• To talk about finished events or situations at one particular time in the past.
• To tell a story.

Examples :

1.      1. When I was ten, I went to the theatre every Monday. (daily routine in the past)

  .     2.In 1999, Jennifer lived in Italy .(situation in the past at one particular time) 

3.     3. Once upon a time,there was an old poor man who liked cooking delicous meals.(story).

Which time expressions refer to the past simple tense ?

Yesterday,yesterday  (at 7 p.m/morning/afternoon/...), last(month /day /Monday /year/summer/…),ago,in1980,in 2000 ,… 

• Remember to  learn your irregular verbs by heart and  to add the ending 'ed' to the regular verbs !

Let's move to the exercise, now !Are you ready? 

**Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past tense:

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