Material Unit 2
3. Use
Use
We use the past tense to talk about:
- Something that happened once in the past:
- I met my wife in 1983.
- We went to Spain for our holidays.
- They got home very late last night.
- Something that happened again and again in the past:
- When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day.
- We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
- They always enjoyed visiting their friends.
- Something that was true for some time in the past:
- I lived abroad for ten years.
- He enjoyed being a student.
- She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.
- Past states:
- I lived in London for five years.
- I was very unhappy at school.
- After walk, they felt very tired.