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Simple past or past perfect simple
Simple past:
Form: regular verb +ed
irregular verb (see the list)
Example:
positive form:I played tennis yesterday.
negative form:he did not/didn't meet the boss.
interrogative form:did they abide by the law?
Use:-when an action was completed in the past in a definite time (yesterday,ago...)
Past perfect:
Form:subject+had+past participle.
Use:-For first action when there are two actions in the past:to show which action was first.
Ex: I wrote an essay.Then, I went to sleep =
After I had written an essay I went to sleep.

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