Grammar
Past Tense
When you talk about something that happened before
now, you change the verb to past tense.
Verb
Past Tense
Verb
Verb
Past Tense
Verb
watch
play
help
start
finish
watched
played
helped
started
finished
go
eat
see
have
sit
went
ate
saw
had
sat
Examples:
We played basketball for two hours yesterday.
(Yesterday is before now.)
Jane had a birthday party last month.
(Last month is before now.)
My mother went to Japan three days ago.
(Three days ago is before now.)
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