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Past simple
Finished actions at a definite past time, and the irregular forms that carry them.
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Common wrong past forms
Irregular verbs have special past forms: bought not buyed, went not goed, ate not eated.
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Past tense with future time
Do not use past tense verbs with future time words like tomorrow or next week.
- A2
Past time expressions need past tense
After rigid past time words (yesterday, ago, last week…), use past tense verbs: I went, not I go. Flexible markers like every day or today do not force past.
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By the time … + past perfect
When something was already true before a past point, use the past perfect: By the time we arrived, the movie had already started.