English Simple Past

Lesson #289: Describing Memories Using The Simple Past Tense (‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens)

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On these beautiful long summer evenings, I often go for walks to admire the sunset. It is at these moments that I occasionally get nostalgia (remembering with fondness something that is past). I remember significant influences in my life – people I met and places I have been to – whenever I look at the […]

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Lesson #155: Tenses to Tell Stories With: The Past Progressive, Simple Past, and Past Perfect Continuous

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If you have ever read books set in Victorian Britain, you may have noticed that women were generally discouraged from reading any books that might cause them to become intellectual. While novels, magazines, and some plays were considered acceptable for them to read, they were discouraged from reading works of science, philosophy, theology, or the

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