Past simple | LearnEnglish
learnenglish.britishcouncil.org › past-simpleHere are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tense forms: 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. something that happened several times in the past:
Past tense | LearnEnglish
learnenglish.britishcouncil.org › past-tenseThe past tense in English is used: to talk about the past to talk about hypotheses (when we imagine something) for politeness. There are four past tense forms in English: We use these forms: to talk about the past: He worked at McDonald's. He had worked there since July. He was working at McDonald's. He had been working there since July.