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Read these sentences to find out what Mithun did yesterday. Notice the
                      highlighted verbs.

                      Mithun went to school in the morning. He returned home at 2:45 p.m. He

                      had his lunch. Then, he gave his dog, Captain, a bath. He groomed Captain
                      and gave it lunch. Then he took it to the park and played with it. Mithun and
                      his pet enjoyed themselves.

              The highlighted words in these sentences tell us that the actions happened in the past.
              They are in the simple past tense.



                         The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened at a certain time
                         in the past.


              Study this table to understand the use of the simple past tense.



                          Singular                     Plural                    Note

                    I sang                      we sang                          •  Most verbs form their past by
                                                                                     adding d or ed. For example,
                    you sang                    you sang                             work—worked, bake—baked.

                    he/she/it sang              they sang                        •  Verbs that end in y, drop the

                                                                                     y and take ied. For example,
                                                                                     cry—cried, fry—fried.

                          Singular                     Plural                    •  Some verbs change their form

                    I was                       we were                              completely. For example,
                                                                                     go—went; give—gave;
                    you were                    you were                             come—came; run—ran;

                    he/she/it was               they were                            eat—ate; see—saw;
                                                                                     meet—met; think—thought.




                          Singular                     Plural

                    I had                       we had                               Remember
                                                                                     The being verbs was and
                    you had                     you had
                                                                                     were are the forms of the
                    he/she/it had               they had                             verb be in the past tense.







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