Past Simple

past SIMPLE

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Andrea Vizcaino Platero

Index

1. Past Simple - Verb to be

2. There was Vs There were

3. Past Simple

Verb to be - Past Simple

vs

There was

There were

There was + singular countable nounThere was + uncountable noun

There were + plural countable noun

There were several games and activities to do.There weren't any flowers on the table Were there many working in the bank?

There was a pen on the tableThere wasn't any water in the fridge Was there any homework?

Past simple

Use 4

Use 3

Use 2

use 1

People who are no longer alive

Complete past action which happened at a specific time

Actions which happened one immediately after the other

Past habits or states. Adverbs of frequency

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He turned on his computer, connected to the internet and checked his emails.

She quit her job last week

Williams Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays.

She often studied till very late when she was a student