The Past Simple Tense

Time Phrases - Past

We use the past simple tense for actions completed in the past.

We use in with parts of the day in the past, months, years and seasons:

We use on with days in the past:

We use at with times in the past:

We can also use last with many phrases:

We use ago for numbers:

We use the week before last for 2 weeks ago etc:

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