• The simple past, past simple, or past indefinite, in English equivalent to the preterite, is the basic form of the past tense in Modern English. It is...
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    For specific uses of past tense constructions, see the sections below on simple past, past progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive. In...
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  • the past participle, j'avais mangé. Another type of pluperfect (passé antérieur, "past anterior") can be formed with the appropriate simple past form...
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  • The Simple Past (Le passé simple) is a French novel by the Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi . It was first published by the Gallimard in 1954. The novel received...
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  • these cases the simple past tense is used instead: "He was hungry"; "We knew what to do next." Habitual (repeated) action in the past can be marked by...
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  • Preterite (redirect from Past historical)
    or were completed in the past; in some languages, such as Spanish, French, and English, it is equivalent to the simple past tense. In general, it combines...
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    a general past tense, at least for completed actions. In English, completed actions in many contexts are referred to using the simple past verb form rather...
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  • The Simple Past or Le passé simple is a 1977 French drama film directed by Michel Drach. Cécile has just had a terrible car accident. Her husband François...
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    The simple present, present simple or present indefinite is one of the verb forms associated with the present tense in modern English. It is commonly referred...
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  • imperfect Simple past (passé simple) Past perfect (passé antérieur): formed with an auxiliary verb in the simple past Simple future (futur simple) Future...
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