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Grammar Corner
Past Tense

In English grammar, past tense is the most common tense that is
frequently used to talk about things happened in the past time. When
we say “I watched the movie last night” the verb ‘watched’ is in the
past tense form. Now look at the following description about past
tense forms;

Examples;
- The new manager called you a few minutes ago
- The people worked very hard yesterday
- Mr. Imam came into the office, checked his mailbox, and went
straight to the briefing
- Mr. Budi attended the meeting this morning because he was in
charge of leading the session
- Our company started the tour and travel business in 2020.
- Habib wrote the job application yesterday
- The new secretary helped me to prepare everything we need for a
business visiting

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