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    The simple past tense, also called the past tense, is used in English to talk about actions or events that were completed in the past, either recently or long ago. It is formed using the past tense of the main verb along with the auxiliary verb "do." The simple past can be used to talk about single past actions, a series of past actions, or an interrupted past action. It is equivalent to the preterite indefinite and preterite imperfect tenses in Spanish.

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    The simple past tense, also called the past tense, is used in English to talk about actions or events that were completed in the past, either recently or long ago. It is formed using the past tense of the main verb along with the auxiliary verb "do." The simple past can be used to talk about single past actions, a series of past actions, or an interrupted past action. It is equivalent to the preterite indefinite and preterite imperfect tenses in Spanish.

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    The simple past tense, also called the past tense, is used in English to talk about actions or events that were completed in the past, either recently or long ago. It is formed using the past tense of the main verb along with the auxiliary verb "do." The simple past can be used to talk about single past actions, a series of past actions, or an interrupted past action. It is equivalent to the preterite indefinite and preterite imperfect tenses in Spanish.

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    SIMPLE PAST

    simple past also called simple past or past tense, is the past tense in
    English. It serves to express past actions, both close in time and distant.
    The duration of the action itself is not relevant, but rather whether the
    action has been completed or not. It is formed with the regular or
    irregular past tense of the main verb and the auxiliary verb do. It is
    equivalent in Spanish to the preterite indefinite and the preterite
    imperfect.
    • The past simple is used in English to express:
    • past actions;
    Example:
    Last month a girl from China joined our class.
    • She showed us where she was from on a map.
    a succession of actions in the past;
    Example:She came in, introduced herself, and began to talk about her
    country.
    • interruption of a course of action;
    Example:While she was talking about her home town, the school bell
    suddenly rang.

    • conditional sentences built with if, for which the imperfect


    subjunctive is used in Spanish.
    Example:If I spoke Chinese, I would like to go on holiday to China.

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