The Past Simple
We use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past.
We can use it to talk about a specific point in time.
- She came back last Friday.
- I saw her in the street.
- They didn't agree to the deal.
It can also be used to talk about a period of time.
- She lived in Tokyo for seven years.
- They were in London from Monday to Thursday of last week.
- When I was living in New York, I went to all the art exhibitions I could.
You will often find the past simple used with time expressions such as these:
- Yesterday
- three weeks ago
- last year
- in 2002
- from March to June
- for a long time
- for 6 weeks
- in the 1980s
- in the last century
- in the past
We have regular and irregular verbs in the English language, just like in French. Here is a list of 50 of the most commonly used irregular verbs:
Let's try the following exercises:
Write a short story using the simple past about your last holiday. Target vocabulary:
beach
sand
sunglasses
suntan cream/lotion
beach towel
bikini
to swim
to sunbathe
sight seeing
countryside
mountains
to go for a walk
Let's have a conversation about what we did at the weekend.
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