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    The document discusses the simple past tense in English. For regular verbs, the simple past tense is formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb form. Irregular verbs have varying past forms that must be memorized, such as "be" becoming "was/were". The simple past tense is used with time words like "last", a number followed by "ago", "yesterday", and "the day before yesterday".

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    THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

    Regular Verbs:
    attended = V (base form) + ed
    worked = V (base form) + ed
    moved = V (base form) + d

    Irregular Verbs:
    Base Form Past
    be was/were
    begin began
    buy bought
    come came
    eat ate
    give gave
    go went
    grow grew
    have had
    leave left
    see saw
    sell sold
    speak spoke

    Time Words with the Simple Past Tense:


    last ____
    ____ ago
    yesterday
    the day before yesterday

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