Past Simple Tense

SOME COMMON MISTSKES Simple past tense is also called as Past Simple Tense. Most of the people use this tense in writing everyday communication. Therefore it is important to have a good understanding and to have a good practice to use it. Here are some common mistakes that most of the English learners do when they use the simple past tense .   1) .   The first sentence here is wrong. We have to identify the correct tense. The word 'yesterday' is a time expression that is used in the past. Therefore the tense should be Simple Past. Accordingly we have to use the past form of the verb eat which is ate.   Correct sentence;- I ate bread for breakfast yesterday. 2).    The second sentence is wrong. If it is simple past we have to use the past form of the verb. but we must have the knowledge on regular and irregular verbs. Read being an irregular verb doesn't add 'd' or 'ed' at the end. The same base verb is used as the past form and only the pronunciation chan

INTRODUCTION TO SIMPLE PAST TENSE   Simple past tense describes the things that happened before the present time. They can be actions, events and situations that started and ended in the past. Unlike the past continuous tense which talk about past events that happened over a period of time , Simple past tense talks about something that has already happened. Ex;- Mother cooked rice for dinner Simple past also use to talk about the past state of being. For instance, a way someone felt about something. Ex;- She was very kind