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4. He goes to the park every day.
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5. We live near the lake.
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Let’s Learn Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to talk about the events and actions that took place earlier. In
simple past tense, a verb does not change with the subject.

Uses of Simple Past Tense
The simple past tense is used to:

show a regular action in the past. For example:

Neeraj went to college every day.
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show an action that started and ended in the past. For example:

Bunty ate cereals in the morning.
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Comparing simple present and simple past tenses:

Simple Present Simple Past
He runs every morning. He ran yesterday morning.

(This is a routine or something that the (This is an action which the subject carried
subject always does.) out and completed yesterday morning.)

Formation of Simple Past Tense

Some verbs form the simple past tense by adding -ed to their root form. For example:
For example: sail — sailed jump — jumped

Some verbs that end with -e, add -d.

For example: tie — tied agree — agreed Simple Tenses: Present, Past, Future
Some verbs double the last letter and add -ed.

For example: bat — batted spot — spotted

Some verbs that end in -y, change the -y to -i and add -ed.
For example: carry — carried marry — married

Making Negative and Interrogative Sentences in Simple Past Tense
To form the negative in simple past tense, we use did not + root verb. For example:

He did not come to the party. They did not call me.
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To form the interrogative in simple past tense, we use did + subject + root verb.
For example:

Did he climb that tall tree? Did you go to school?
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