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    The document discusses the uses and structures of the simple past tense in English. The simple past tense is used to refer to actions that took place in the past, such as "yesterday" or "last year". It can list a series of completed past actions or describe past facts that are no longer true. The simple past tense has an affirmative structure of subject + past verb + complement. Its negative structure uses an auxiliary verb like "did" plus not. Questions are formed with an auxiliary verb + subject + past verb + complement + question mark.

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    The document discusses the uses and structures of the simple past tense in English. The simple past tense is used to refer to actions that took place in the past, such as "yesterday" or "last year". It can list a series of completed past actions or describe past facts that are no longer true. The simple past tense has an affirmative structure of subject + past verb + complement. Its negative structure uses an auxiliary verb like "did" plus not. Questions are formed with an auxiliary verb + subject + past verb + complement + question mark.

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    Is Used To Refer To Actions That Took Place at A Particular Time Past This Is Used Yesterday, Last Year, Last Weekend

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    Julian Ayala Peña
    The document discusses the uses and structures of the simple past tense in English. The simple past tense is used to refer to actions that took place in the past, such as "yesterday" or "last year". It can list a series of completed past actions or describe past facts that are no longer true. The simple past tense has an affirmative structure of subject + past verb + complement. Its negative structure uses an auxiliary verb like "did" plus not. Questions are formed with an auxiliary verb + subject + past verb + complement + question mark.

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    USES

    is used to refer to actions that took place at a


    particular time past

     this is used yesterday, last year, last weekend

    We use the Simple Past to list a series of


    completed actions in the past
    The Simple Past can also be used to describe
    past facts or generalizations which are no longer
    true
    STRUCTURES

    Affirmative
    Subject + verb in past simple + complement

    You called Debbie


    I saw a movie yesterday.

    Negative
    Subject + auxiliar +verb in present simple +complement

    You did not call Debbie


    I didn't see a play yesterday.
    Quetions
    Auxiliar + subject + verb in present simple + complement + ?

    Did you call Debbie?


    Did you have dinner last night?

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