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THE ROLE OF THE SIMPLE TENSES:

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
The simple past tense describes a completed activity that happened in the past. In
other words, the activity started in the past and ended in the past.
For example:
 I went.
 He saw.
 I cleaned the window.

 They cleaned the window.

Forming the Simple Past Tense (for most verbs)
[Base form of the verb] + "ed"
 They jumped.

RULES:

For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form
already ends in an e):

 Play→ Played

 Type→ Typed
 Listen→ Listened
 Push→ Pushed
 Love→ Loved

For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some
irregular verbs looks exactly like the root form:

 Put→ Put
 Cut→ Cut

 Set→ Set
 Cost→ Cost
 Hit→ Hit

For other irregular verbs, including the verb to be, the simple past forms are more
erratic: