the past tense
noun[S]
uk/ˌpɑːst ˈtens/us/ˌpæst ˈtens/used todescribeverbformsin manylanguagesused foractionsthat have nowfinished. It is used by somepeopleto refer to the pastsimpleinEnglish:
过去时；一般过去时Add -ed to all theseverbsto put theminthe pasttense.把所有这些动词都加上 -ed，将它们变成过去时态。
Ithinkherhusbandmust bedead- she alwaystalksabout himinthe pasttense.我想她丈夫一定死了——她谈到他时老是用过去时态。
- How do you say that in the pasttense?
- Theperfectformis just one way offormingthe pasttenseinEnglish.
- Someverbshave anirregularpasttense.
- 'made' is the pasttenseof 'make'.
- The pasttenseofregularverbsisgenerallyformedbyadding-ed.
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- subjunctive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the third person