simple past
Bildung:
Verb im Infinitiv + -ed (!Ausnahme unregelmäßige Verben!)
Beispiele:
I visited New Zealand last year.
You visited New Zealand last year.
He/She/It visited New Zealand last year.
We visited New Zealand last year.
You visited New Zealand last year.
They visited New Zealand last year.
Verneinung:
I didn`t visit New Zealand last year.
He didn`t visit New Zealand last year.
Frage:
Did you visit New Zealand last year?
Verwendung:
Man verwendet das simple past um auszudrücken, dass eine Handlung/ein Vorgang zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt/Zeitraum in der Vergangenheit geschah.
Signalwörter:
(two hours) ago, yesterday, last (week/month/year), at (seven o'clock), in (1969), on (Sunday)