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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English and how it is used to describe completed past actions, past states or habits. It provides examples of using the past simple tense with expressions of time like "yesterday" or "ago" to talk about completed past actions. It also gives examples of using the past simple with adverbs of frequency like "every Sunday" to describe past habits or routines. The document lists common time expressions and adverbs of frequency used with the past simple tense.

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English and how it is used to describe completed past actions, past states or habits. It provides examples of using the past simple tense with expressions of time like "yesterday" or "ago" to talk about completed past actions. It also gives examples of using the past simple with adverbs of frequency like "every Sunday" to describe past habits or routines. The document lists common time expressions and adverbs of frequency used with the past simple tense.

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    Past Simple Use

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English and how it is used to describe completed past actions, past states or habits. It provides examples of using the past simple tense with expressions of time like "yesterday" or "ago" to talk about completed past actions. It also gives examples of using the past simple with adverbs of frequency like "every Sunday" to describe past habits or routines. The document lists common time expressions and adverbs of frequency used with the past simple tense.

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    PAST SIMPLE

    USE
    A COMPLETED PAST ACTION OR A PAST STATE.
    *WE OFTEN USE IT WITH EXPRESSIONS THAT SHOW
    WHEN THINGS HAPPENED*
    -THE TRAIN LEFT THE STATION TWO MINUTES AGO. YOU MISSED IT.
    -WE HELPED THE LADY WITH HER BAGS. SHE WAS VERY OLD.

    A PAST HABIT. OFTEN WITH ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY AND TIME


    EXPRESSIONS.
    -THEY VISITED THEIR GRANDPARENTS EVERY SUNDAY.

    A SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS IN THE PAST.


    -THE MAN CROSSED THE ROAD AND WENT INTO A SHOP.

    SOME EXPRESSIONS SOME ADVERBS OF


    THAT SHOW WHEN FREQUENCY AND
    THINGS HAPPENED: TIME EXPRESSIONS:
    -YESTERDAY -EVERY WEEK
    -AGO -EVERY MONDAY
    -WHEN I WAS A CHILD -EVERY SUMMER
    -IN APRIL -EVERY YEAR
    -LAST NIGHT / WEEK

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