In this course, “Simple Past Tense,” you will learn how to form and use the simple past. You will see that there are a lot of irregular verbs in the simple past, but there are some patterns you can use to help you remember. You will learn about spelling changes when you add an “-ed” ending, as well as how to form negatives and questions in the past. You will also learn about object pronouns and some other forms of adjectives to describe and make comparisons.

Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
This course is part of Learn English: Beginning Grammar Specialization


Instructors: Rachel Fernandez
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Reviewed on Jul 13, 2023
These courses are good for the second native user to start learning English
Reviewed on Dec 31, 2022
This course was very useful for me. I learnt new words and sentence structure from here. I think, If it is good to add a session to how to make questions using past tense.
Reviewed on Mar 7, 2025
It was a phenomenal course. It is relevant for people wanting to start their journey.
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