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

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