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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English, which is used to talk about completed actions in a time before now. It provides the forms for to be verbs and other verbs in positive, negative, and question sentences. Examples are given to illustrate talking about single past actions and series of completed past actions. Signal words that indicate the past simple tense are also listed.

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English, which is used to talk about completed actions in a time before now. It provides the forms for to be verbs and other verbs in positive, negative, and question sentences. Examples are given to illustrate talking about single past actions and series of completed past actions. Signal words that indicate the past simple tense are also listed.

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    Past Simple Tense - used to talk about a completed action in a

    time before now

    Form
    TO BE OTHER VERBS
    Subject + was/ were + …
    (I/ he/ she/ it + was)
    (They/ we/ you + were) Subject + Past simple
    I was sick yesterday. She went shopping last month.
    Positive They were sick last week. We got up late yesterday.
    Subject + was/ were + not +
    … Subject + did not + verb
    Was not = wasn’t Did not = didn’t
    Were not = weren’t She didn’t go shopping last
    I wasn’t sick yesterday. month.
    Negative They weren’t sick last week. We didn’t get up late yesterday.
    Were/ was + Subject + …? Did + Subject + verb?
    Were you sick yesterday? Did she go shopping last month?
    Question Were they sick last week? Did you get up late yesterday?

    Usages
     to talk about actions finished in the past
     I met him last week.

     to talk about a series of actions completed in the past


     I woke up, had breakfast and went to school.

    Signal words:
    Yesterday, last week, last month, last year, last Christmas, in 2017, ago

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