LESSON 06: THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The simple past tense describes actions or situations that began and ended in the past. A. Past actions Examples: I studied at a Japanese university for three years. I won a scholarship a year ago.

B. Past situations Examples: e enjoyed his classes. e didnt like math.

!ote: Time expressions often used "ith this tense include yesterday# last "ee$ %month# year# &onday# "ee$end# etc'# a "ee$ %month# etc.' ago. (. )orms +ong forms Affirmative *tatements I studied for an hour. It worked yesterday. They took math last year. !egative *tatements I did not study. It did not work yesterday. They did not take math.

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I didnt study. It didnt work yesterday. They didnt take math.

,. -uestions .es/!o 0uestions and short ans"ers id I study for an hour1 id it work yesterday1 id they take math last year1 Possible ans"ers .es# I did. / !o# I didnt. .es# I did. / !o# it didnt. .es# they did. / !o# they didnt.