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University of California, Irvine

Simple Past Tense

In this course, “Simple Past Tense,” you will learn how to form and use the simple past. You will see that there are a lot of irregular verbs in the simple past, but there are some patterns you can use to help you remember. You will learn about spelling changes when you add an “-ed” ending, as well as how to form negatives and questions in the past. You will also learn about object pronouns and some other forms of adjectives to describe and make comparisons.

Status: Grammar
Status: English Language
BeginnerCourse4 hours

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JJ

4.0Reviewed Jan 1, 2023

This course was very useful for me. I learnt new words and sentence structure from here. I think, If it is good to add a session to how to make questions using past tense.

MA

5.0Reviewed Nov 16, 2025

It's absolutely wonderful! I've benefited immensely.

MA

5.0Reviewed Mar 8, 2025

It was a phenomenal course. It is relevant for people wanting to start their journey.

RK

4.0Reviewed Mar 5, 2023

If someone wants to learn English from beginner level than this course is best

KW

5.0Reviewed Sep 23, 2024

it's really helpful, i can easily unde the materials, the explanation was really simple and clear.

GG

5.0Reviewed May 7, 2025

Very good courcess. I will advise this everybody who want to learn English

IJ

4.0Reviewed May 17, 2022

Thai is very good for beginer student but I sugesst that reading part would be better if it be as elctronic exersie

AK

5.0Reviewed Jan 7, 2025

The way mu instructor taught me is so joyful for me I would like to say thanks to my instructor and also Coursea.

ME

5.0Reviewed Jul 23, 2022

Very simple and easy to understand. Really took some points for my class.

VP

5.0Reviewed Jun 14, 2022

This course helped me to review English topics, especially Basic grammar. Thanks a lot!

S

5.0Reviewed Oct 20, 2021

After finishing 3 courses which part of the Specialization, I learned a lot of vocabulary and grammar tenses. Would recommend to others who is learning English as a second language.

AO

5.0Reviewed Apr 4, 2022

Es muy util, ayuda a fortalecer y tener claridad en algunas reglas gramaticales.

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