Past tense

Past tense is a verb form which is marked by time (tense).

The past tense is used for actions in a time which has already happened.^[1] In order to explain and understand past tense, it is useful to imagine time as a line on which the past, the present tense and the future tense are positioned.^[2][3]

Words in English have several tenses, including many common past tenses. The two that are used the most are the simple past tense and the perfect tense

1. ↑ Seeley, John. (2009). Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation, p. 109.
2. ↑ Sangmeister, Lisa. (2009). Past Tense in English: From OE to PDE, p. 11.
3. ↑ "Synonyms of positioned | Thesaurus.com". www.thesaurus.com. Retrieved 2022-12-22.