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Definition of Simple Past Tense
Read the following sentence.
They went to cinema yesterday.
The simple past tense indicates an action that
took place in the past and is over now. It uses
Verb 2.
The Ways of Forming the Simple Past Tense of the Verbs
1. Regular Verb
Add -d to the verbs ending in -e.
Verb
Verb Simple Past Tense Verb Simple Past Tense
tie tied use used
die died move moved
Add -ed to the most verbs. It called regular verb.
Verb Simple Past Tense Verb Simple Past Tense
cook cooked play played
listen listened talk talked
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