Celebration past simple tense

How to Use the Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense Usage

The Simple Past is used:

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  To express completed action in the past
  

Example:
I saw a ghost last Friday.

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  To describe a series of completed actions in the past
  

Example:
I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

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  To express habits in the past
  

Example:
When I was young, I watched lots of television every day after school.

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  For stative verbs, which are verbs that do not express an action, but a state of mind or being E.g. have (own), be, think (believe), know, dislike, need, owe, understand, wish
  

Example:
He had a small cottage in the woods.

Time Expressions with Past Simple Tense

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  Yesterday
  
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  Ago
  
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  Last month
  
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  Last week
  
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  Last year
  
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  In 2003
  
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  In 2007
  
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  …
  

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2 ingilizceturkce.gen.tr (2014). Past Simple with Exercises
3 https://7esl.com/past-simple-tense/
4 https://www.grammarly.com/blog/simple-past/