The Simple Past Tense

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The simple past tense is a grammatical tense used to describe actions, events, or states that occurred and were completed in the past. It indicates that something happened at a specific time or during a specific period in the past. The simple past is often used to narrate stories, talk about past experiences, or discuss past habits or routines.

Examples of sentences in the simple past tense:

I walked to school yesterday.
She sang a beautiful song last night.
The sun rose early this morning.
They played basketball last weekend.
We lived in a small town when I was a child.
He worked as an accountant before he retired.
The cat purred when I petted it.
The water boiled at 100 degrees Celsius.
The meeting started at 9 o'clock yesterday.
I wrote a letter to my friend last week.
In these examples, the verbs "walked," "sang," "rose," "played," "lived," "worked," "purred," "boiled," "started," and "wrote" are all in the simple past tense. They indicate that the actions or events described occurred and were completed in the past.