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The Past Simple tense in English helps us talk about actions or events that started and finished at a specific time in the past.<\/strong> It’s one of the most common tenses you’ll use to describe your day, tell stories, or share experiences that are completely over. For example, you can say I visited my friend yesterday.<\/span> or They ate pizza last night.<\/span> This tense is essential for describing what happened in your life, like I started learning English two years ago.<\/span> or We travelled to Spain last summer.<\/span> You will learn to form it by adding -ed<\/span> to most verbs, which we call ‘regular verbs’. However, many important verbs are ‘irregular’ and have their own special past forms, such as go<\/span> becoming went<\/span>, or have<\/span> becoming had<\/span>. Understanding the Past Simple is a key step in becoming a confident English speaker at A2 level, allowing you to clearly communicate about your past experiences and historical facts.<\/div>\n

When do we use the Past Simple?<\/h2>\n

We use the Past Simple to talk about actions or events that happened at a specific time in the past and are now finished. Think of it as describing something that started and ended before ‘now’.<\/p>\n