Completed Past Actions

Using Simple Past Tense for Completed Actions:

• Structure: Subject + past form of the verb.
  • Example: I visited the museum last weekend.

Talking About Completed Past Actions:

1. Specific Events: She graduated from college two years ago.
2. Finished Activities: They played a football match yesterday.
3. Past Habits or States: He lived in Brazil when he was young.
4. Sequential Past Actions: We arrived at the hotel, checked in, and went to our room.

Narrating Completed Actions

• Describing Past Experiences: I traveled to Italy last summer.
• Telling Stories or Anecdotes: He found a rare coin in his backyard.
• Reporting Past Events: The company launched a new product last month.
• Recounting Sequences of Events: First, we attended the meeting, and then we went out for lunch.

Common Mistakes When Talking About Completed Past Actions

• Using Present Tense Instead of Past Tense:
  • 🚫 Wrong: I go to the beach yesterday.
  • ✅ Right: I went to the beach yesterday.
• Incorrect Past Tense Form of Verbs:
  • 🚫 Wrong: She writed a letter.
  • ✅ Right: She wrote a letter.
• Omitting Time References for Specific Past Actions:
  • 🚫 Wrong: They visited their grandparents.
  • ✅ Right: They visited their grandparents last weekend. (If the time is known and relevant)
• Confusing Simple Past with Present Perfect:
  • 🚫 Wrong: I have seen him yesterday.
  • ✅ Right: I saw him yesterday.
• Using Continuous Form for Completed Actions:
  • 🚫 Wrong: We were eating dinner at a restaurant.
  • ✅ Right: We ate dinner at a restaurant. (If the action is completely finished)