PAST TENSE [RULES]

 

 

                       

 

RULE 01: PAST SIMPLE USE

 

 

 

 

 

Ø       We use the past simple to talk about a complete / finished (abgeschlossen) action – short (1) or long (2).

 

I left school in 1972. (1)

 

 

I lived in Paris from 1976 to 1996. (2)