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2. Simple Past Tense expresses a series of completed actions in the past .
Examples:

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  I visited my granmother, stayed for 1 or 2 hour, chatted with her and went to my home.
  
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  My brother woke up, washed my face, got dressed and left home.
  
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  He arrived at the airport at 9:30 am, took her from the airport and came home at 14:00 pm.
  

3. Past Tense expresses single period with time expressions such as for 1 hour, for five years,” all day, a whole weekend, etc.
Examples:

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  I didn’t see him for 2 days.
  
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  He had a girlfriend for 3 years.
  
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  The students didn’t answer their teacher’s question for 10 minutes.
  
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  She chose to stay with her mother all day.
  
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  My father talked on the phone for 5 minutes.
  

4. Simple Past Tense expresses the habit in the past if it is used adverbs of frequency like always, often, usually, etc. ( to express the habits in the past, we can use ‘used to’ at the same time.)
Examples:

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  I always did my homework on time when I was a student.
  
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  My Father often read me tales before I went to bed.
  
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  When I was a young, I walked 10 miles to workplace everyday.
  
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  He usually played football in this garden when he was a child.
  
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  They sometimes drank milk after they got up.
  

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST TENSE:
Using Regular Verbs in The Past Tense:
To change regular verbs into its past tense form, we add -d, -ed, or -ied at the end of the verbs according to their last syllable.
General Rule: Regular verbs become the second form, taking most commonly ‘–ed’ at the end of the verbs.
Examples: