Hello. For how to form the past simple you can have a look at this article - Past Simple Rules If you need help pronouncing the past this will be very helpful - Past Simple Pronunciation I hope these help.

Basically the past simple is for completed actions that have finished in the past and the past perfect describes actions that finished up to a certain point in the past. This is also known as the past of the past. For example - "I ate two

Hi, Until the new software was purchased, the staff had struggled to keep the accounts records up to date. In the above example, "was purchased" this possible past perfect tense is followed by "had struggled" this past perfect

a straight grey rain had began " Begin ", => " began " => " had begun ". Present => past => perfect . In my opinion you need another verb in there: a straight grey rain had begun to fall it had begun to

In an excellent advanced grammar book, Exploring Grammar in Context by Carter & Hughes & McCarthy, this exercise was given on the present perfect. (page 7, exercise 4, item c) Choose between the present perfect and past simple tneses for

Hi, How would you explain the difference in structure and usage between these tenses to a low-level student? Past　simple and past continuous Teach structure with examples, explaining how the tense is formed with the root of the verb. Show them the

. Oh, I can always find something else (but I may have messed up your formatted columns): Lesson Plan Preparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers.

Hello again, Here is a cleaned-up version of my lesson plan. I'm an insecure wreck, therefore I dare ask for another look at my work... Thanks again for the earlier help. MZL Lesson Plan Preparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45

. Overall, it should work fine, MZL. A few corrections and fewer comments: Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers. Target Language: did + subject + base (or 'dictionary') form of verb ( Did your

Hi, I would appreciate any help to explain in grammatical terms why the following sentence doesn't work: * I didn't talked to Simon on Sunday. Is it because a past simple verb cannot follow another past tense? It is obviously