Simple Past Tense

1st - Study the following videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiy4Jhjb4zY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ_670-bfBs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSISwVyFc_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcwVTpQq8kc

2nd - Now pay attention to this note:

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

3rd - Complete the exercises.

exercise 1: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise1.html

exercise 2: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise2.html

exercise 3: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise3.html

exercise 4: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise4.html

exercise 5: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise5.html