Past simple tense
The simple past tense is used to indicate actions or states that occurred in the past. its used to indicate that an action was completed in the past.
Past simple tense basic structure
Subject + verb(past tense) + other
- In English, the typical way to form the past tense of a verb is to add “ed” to the end.
- Examples
play - played
come - came
- If a verb ends with the letter “e”, just add the letter “d” at the end.
- Examples
like - liked
- Transform verbs ending in ‘y’ followed by a consonant to ‘i’ and then add ’ed’.
- Examples
supply - supplie
- double the last consonant and then add ’ed’ to the end of a verb that concludes with a heavily closed syllable and has only one consonant at the end
- Examples
plan - planned
Examples
He worked very hard last night.They came here by car.They went swimming yesterday.
Past progressive tense
The past progressive tense is a verb form used to refer to an action that was ongoing at a time in the past. The past progressive is formed using the past tense of the auxiliary verb “be” (i.e., “was/were”) along with the present participle (“ing” form) of a main verb (e.g., “I was thinking”).
Examples
They were waiting for you.He was talking with his friends just now.Sam was watching TV at 7:00 last night.
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