Using the Past Simple
Use the past simple to convey ( express an idea) that some situation or event finished before now, and is not real or true as you're speaking. Something that happened once in the past, and at a very precise moment then.
You usually need a past time expression to emphasize the PAST SITUATION status of the event. You need to locate the event somewhere along the past timeline.
Example
I was home yesterday at 8.
I was home when you called me.
In the last above, "when you called me" is used as a time expression of the past, to give the event a special place in time.
I studied at the French School.
In this case I'm letting you know that I already finished school, that now I'm doing something else and that French School is part of my past, having no relation to what I currently do.
Typical time expressions
Yesterday
Last XXXX
on ( date in the past) on Friday
XXX ago
in May
The video will further clarify.
Use the [b]past simple[/b] to convey [i]( express an idea)[/i] that some situation or event finished before now, and is not real or true as you're speaking. Something that happened once in the past, and [b]at a very precise moment then[/b].
You usually need a [em]past time expression[/em] to emphasize the PAST SITUATION status of the event. You need to locate the event somewhere along the past timeline.
[b][i]Example[/i][/b]
I was home [u]yesterday at 8[/u].
I was home [u]when you called me[/u].
In the last above, "when you called me" is used as a time expression of the past, to give the event a special place in time.
I studied at the French School.
In this case I'm letting you know that I already finished school, that now I'm doing something else and that French School is part of my past, having no relation to what I currently do.
[em]Typical time expressions[/em]
Yesterday
Last XXXX
on ( date in the past) on Friday
XXX ago
in May
The video will further clarify.
Using the Past Simple
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