{"id":3006,"date":"2023-12-22T06:55:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T01:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2023-12-22T08:20:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T02:50:54","slug":"2-simple-past-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/blog\/2023\/12\/22\/2-simple-past-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"2 &#8211; SIMPLE PAST TENSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:570\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-COV-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3015\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>Simple Past Tense<\/strong>, the action is simply mentioned and understood to have taken place in the past. The action <strong>started<\/strong> and <strong>ended<\/strong> same time in the past but the time may or may not be mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We use the Simple Past Tense to express a <strong>completed<\/strong> action in the past, it means the action happened and completely finished in the past. And it is usually used with real time expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:507\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3017\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:502\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3018\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:439\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:439\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3019\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:439\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3019\"\/></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:494\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:494\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3020\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:500\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3037\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3037\"\/></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:494\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/19.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:494\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3038\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/mlr1c2ttdo0s.i.optimole.com\/cb:bzx-.1ab1f\/w:1024\/h:494\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3038\"\/></noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Lesson #3 - Simple Past Tense (Active &amp; Passive Voice)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cr88RxE1Fgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Simple Past Tense, the action is simply mentioned and understood to have taken place in the past. The action started and ended same time in the past but the time may or may not be mentioned. We use the Simple Past Tense to express a completed action in the past, it means the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3041,"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/3041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeakenglish.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}