Learn English and the Past Simple Tense

I hope everyone understood all of the examples and quiz questions that were provided over the last few days. As I said before, I could give you books of rules on the tenses and their use. You can find these books and study them on your own. I could also cut and paste many rules on each tense from other sources. I personally do not believe in learning all of these rules until you perfect the basics.
Languages are meant to be useful tools for communicating. My most successful students who now make millions of dollars and travel all over the world would not be able to tell you all the rules. The best writers and speakers that I know do not know all these rules. However, they understand the language well enough to succeed. They speak the language well. They read and write eloquently and beautifully. They use the rules naturally because they have practiced writing. They have spent many hours listening to and reading the language. They were able to learn English properly without learning many rules.

Now, let’s look at another tense.

The past simple tense is usually used for actions that happened and was complete before now – before you wrote about the action or spoke about the action.

Usually the past simple is formed by adding “ed” to the verb.

talked, walked, listened, traveled, checked

However, there are many irregular past forms.

ate, drove, spoke, ran, wrote

Examples: The actor walked to the theater this morning.
I drove my friend to school yesterday.
My grandfather graduated from college thirty years ago.
Mary ate her lunch ten minutes ago.

Remember, the action should be completed in the past if you use the past simple tense.

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Barbara92106

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