Simple Past tense
Channel: Johnson Online Academy
Date: 2021-03-21

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. ... Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to talk about past events that happened over a period of time, the simple past tense emphasizes that the action is finished.

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