The Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to express:

1. An action or state which existed at a definite time in the past.
2. An action which happened over a period of time in the past.
3. A habit in the past.

Examples:

1. I bought this car a week ago.
2. I was in the army from 1965 to 1970. ○ He lived in Moscow during last summer.
3. Whenever he went abroad, he took his wife with him. ○ We went swimming every Sunday morning last year.

Other Tenses

• The Simple Present Tense
• The Present Continuous Tense
• The Past Continuous Tense
• The Simple Future Tense
• The Future Continuous Tense
• The Present Perfect Tense
• The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
• The Past Perfect Tense
• The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
• The Future Perfect Tense
• The Future Perfect Continuous Tense