Questions tagged [simple-past]
Questions about the Simple Past tense.
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Using the Present Perfect and the Past Simple after the preposition "before" in an adverbial clause [migrated]
KOTB: (Voiceover) Behind the shouting, behind the intense focus on basketball, coach is busy doing for these girls what he's been doing for 26 years. Shaping young lives. His reach extends well beyond ...
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Run or ran correct? [duplicate]
Ewes are pasture ran all year on grass.
Or
Ewes are pasture run all year on grass.
Which is correct American English?
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"How did you get in here? Security!" vs "How have you gotten in here? Security!" [closed]
I have been doing some exercises on Past Simple vs Present Perfect as that's the topic that gives me the most troubles... and I can't comprehend why this sentence is correct?
"How did you get in ...
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Simple past tense?
Which is grammatically correct?
You are the prettiest girl I ever saw.
or
You are the prettiest girl I have ever seen?
Apologies if this has been asked before. First time here.
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They hadn't finished playing by 10.30. / They didn't finish playing by 10.30 [closed]
They hadn't finished playing by 10.30.
They didn't finish playing by 10.30.
I have my own explanation what the difference is. Could you please agree or disagree with it?
Past perfect helps us to say ...
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AmE_ The use of the simple past and the present perfect in the US for repeated actions until the present without specific time
There are situations about repeated actions until the present without specific time.
Here are some examples:
I visited/ have visited Paris two times. It is a beautiful city.
I think you should visit ...
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Meaning of the sentence "The thieves had run away when the police arrived."
This is from the Quirk's CGEL section 4.24 - The past perfective:
Adverbials of time position, when used with the past perfective, can
identify either T2 or T3. Placed initially, they often identify ...
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Simple Past vs. Present Perfect in a list
Consider these sentences:
(Simple Past)
I accepted the cars, hated the planes, ignored the boats, and romanticized the trains.
(Present Perfect)
I have accepted the cars, have hated the planes, ...
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Simple Past or Past Perfect - Sequence of Tenses [duplicate]
Could someone help me understand which tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect) would be more appropriate in the following examples, and why?
I knew I asked the right person.
I knew I had asked the right ...
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“He’s made new friends when he changed roles” [closed]
Present perfect and past simple in the same sentence?
He’s made new friends when he changed roles.
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
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Simple past use in continous action [duplicate]
Reading Albert Camus's The Stranger and I found the following passage:
"As we ate, he started telling me his story"
I started wondering if there were other examples of simple past used with ...
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Why is past simple being used in these sentences instead of past perfect? [duplicate]
I'm doing an Anki Deck that consists of "Advanced English Grammar" and I don't understand why in examples below I can't use the form I'm suggesting, but instead have to use the form that is ...
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Use simple past or present? [duplicate]
Between these sentences:
Ten years ago he showed me the location of the stations. There was a bridge that connected them.
Ten years ago he showed me the location of the stations. There is a bridge ...
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simple past or present perfect issue
I would like to ask the reason of using present perfect tense instead of past tense in the italic words in the sentence below:
She has gotten older since we last met her. She also seems to have ...
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“Had started” or “Started”?
As the bath oil facility is where the fire had started, its proximity to the island fruit trees means the fires spread onto the orchard farm.
I didn’t use “has started” because it’s already done. I’m ...
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