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    Tense indicates when an action occurs, either in the past, present, or future. The past tense is used for actions that have already happened and is formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs or changing the spelling of irregular verbs. Common ways to form the past tense are by using verbs ending in "-ed", changing the spelling of irregular verbs, or using auxiliary verbs like "did" and "was/were" for questions and negatives.

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    Tense indicates when an action occurs, either in the past, present, or future. The past tense is used for actions that have already happened and is formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs or changing the spelling of irregular verbs. Common ways to form the past tense are by using verbs ending in "-ed", changing the spelling of irregular verbs, or using auxiliary verbs like "did" and "was/were" for questions and negatives.

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    Tense indicates when an action occurs, either in the past, present, or future. The past tense is used for actions that have already happened and is formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs or changing the spelling of irregular verbs. Common ways to form the past tense are by using verbs ending in "-ed", changing the spelling of irregular verbs, or using auxiliary verbs like "did" and "was/were" for questions and negatives.

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    Tense indicates when an action occurs, either in the past, present, or future. The past tense is used for actions that have already happened and is formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs or changing the spelling of irregular verbs. Common ways to form the past tense are by using verbs ending in "-ed", changing the spelling of irregular verbs, or using auxiliary verbs like "did" and "was/were" for questions and negatives.

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    What Is Tense?

    It is used to change verbs to show


    Tense is used to indicate when the action took place – in the
    the time in which past, in the present or in the future.
    something happens.

    The different tenses can be shown by


    changing the spelling of the verb in a
    sentence.
    Simple Past Tense

    The past tense is used for things that have already


    happened.

    Past tense verbs often


    end in the suffix –ed,
    although there are some ‘I played football yesterday.’
    other tricky words that
    change in other ways In this sentence, the action ‘play’ has already
    (known as irregular been done so it is in the past tense and has the –
    verbs). ed suffix.

    ‘Sally sang her favourite song.’

    In this sentence, the action of singing has already


    been done so it is in the past tense. ‘Sing’ is
    changed to ‘sang’ as it is an irregular verb.
    Examples of Simple Past Tense Verbs

    -ed Suffix Irregular Verb


    walked saw
    visited said
    hoped became
    raised bit
    watched bought
    counted could
    explained begun
    Simple Past: Negative and Interrogative
    tenses

    You the auxiliary verb didn’t and a verb in the


    Both regular and infinitive to make negatives in the past tense.
    irregular verbs use these
    rules for negative and
    interrogative sentences. ‘He didn’t bake cookies. He
    baked a cake.

    For interrogatives, use the auxiliary did before


    the subject and the main verb in the infinitive.

    ‘Did Anna go to the party?’


    Verb to be in the past

    Singular Plural
    The negative forms:
    WAS  WASN’T
    WERE  WEREN’T I was We were
    You were You were
    He was They were
    She was
    It was

    ‘I was focused on the homework. I didn’t check my


    phone.’

    ‘They were late for the game.’

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