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...

For specific uses of past tense constructions, see the sections below on simple past, past progressive, past perfect, and past perfect progressive. In...

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...

the past participle, j'avais mangé. Another type of pluperfect (passé antérieur, "past anterior") can be formed with the appropriate simple past form...

past events. A series of past tenses (past simple, imperfect, and pluperfect) is matched by a corresponding series of perfect tenses (perfect simple,...

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...

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...

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...

number of points (a plurality of points) is elected. It is also called first-past-the-post (FPTP), based on a metaphor from horse racing. In social choice...

imperfect Simple past (passé simple) Past perfect (passé antérieur): formed with an auxiliary verb in the simple past Simple future (futur simple) Future...