The past tense is a verb tense expressing action,
activity, state or being in the past of the curent moment (in a absolute
tense system), or prior to some other event, whether that is past,
present, or future (in a relative tense system).
Patterns:
Using be : (subject + was/where + complement)
Using verb : (subject + Vpast + complement)
The function of the past tense:
To
express that an action started and finished at a specific time in the
past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time,
but they do have one specific time in mind. See the previous examples.
To
describe a habit which stopped in the past. To make it clear that we
are talking about a habbit, we often add expressions such as: always,
often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.
Examples:
I always say a night fare when I was a child.
Did you love flying kites when you were a kid?
To describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true.
Examples:
Lisa was introvert as a child, but now she is extrovert.
Grandpa didn’t like coffe before.
The adverbs that are usually used in the past tense sentences are:
Yesterday
Last...
A week ago
This morning
Last week
… ago
A few minutes ago
Just now
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