Post on 21-Jun-2018
Past SimpleWe use the past simple tense to talk about:
a completed action in the past
I visited my sister yesterday.She travelled to Morocco last year.
a series of completed actions
I finished work, walked home and cooked myself some lunch.He arrived at the airport at 8:00, checked in immediately and boarded the plane at 9:00.
a single event of a longer duration but which starts and stops in the past
It is often used with time expressions such as "for two years," "for five minutes," "all day" or "all year."
I lived in China for a year and a half.She studied French for five years.
habits which stopped in the past
To make it clear that we are talking about a habit we often use expressions such as "always," "often," "usually," "never," "...when I was a child" or "...when I was younger" in the sentence.
I studied English when I was at school.My mother often cooked a roast dinner on Sunday.