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<p>The <b>simple past</b>, <b>past simple</b>, or <b>past indefinite</b>, in English equivalent to the <a href="page.php?w=preterite">preterite</a>, is the basic form of the <a href="page.php?w=past_tense">past tense</a> in <a href="page.php?w=Modern_English">Modern English</a>. It is used principally to describe events in the past, although it also has some other uses. Regular English verbs form the past simple in -ed; however, there are a few hundred <a href="page.php?w=List_of_English_irregular_verbs">irregular verbs</a> with different forms.</p><p>
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