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What is the simple past tense used for?
What is the simple past tense used for?
- To talk about an ongoing action in the past
- To talk about a hypothetical situation
- To talk about a completed action in the past (correct)
- To talk about a future action
What is the basic form of past tense in English?
What is the basic form of past tense in English?
- Present tense
- Past perfect tense
- Simple past tense (correct)
- Future tense
When do you always use the simple past tense?
When do you always use the simple past tense?
- When the action is ongoing
- When the time of the action is in the future
- When the time of the action is in the recent past or the distant past (correct)
- When the time of the action is in the present