When do we use the simple past?

when do we use the simple past?

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We use the past tense to talk about:

something that happened once in the past:

• I met my wife in 1983.
• We went to Spain for our holidays.
• They got home very late last night.

We use the past tense to talk about:

something that happened several times in the past:

• When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day.
• We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
• They always enjoyed visiting their friends..

We use the past tense to talk about:

something that was true for some time in the past:

• I lived abroad for ten years.
• He enjoyed being a student.
• She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.

we often use expressions with ago with the past simple:

I met my wife a long time ago.

The shop opened three weeks ago

I saw her not long ago.

she was here a few minutes ago.

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