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Simple Past Tense — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 3 · Essentials of English Grammar and Composition
Simple Past Tense revision notes for ICSE Class 3 Essentials of English Grammar and Composition: 2 topics in quick points.
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What is Simple Past Tense?
- We use the simple past tense to talk about actions that happened and were completed in the past.
- It does not matter how long ago the action happened — it could be just now, yesterday, or many years ago.
- The verb changes to its past form in this tense.
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How to Form the Simple Past Tense
- For regular verbs, add -ed to the base form: play → played.
- If the verb ends in 'e', add only 'd': live → lived.
- If the verb ends in consonant + 'y', change 'y' to 'i' and add -ed: study → studied.
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The simple past tense is usedFor most verbsSome verbs do not takeThe simple past tense is used
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Key topics in Simple Past Tense include What is Simple Past Tense?, How to Form the Simple Past Tense. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 3 exams.
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