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Unit 1 Tense : PreleriteTIME: Rt^fers to spe cific, compleled pastactionsKEY PHRASES: Certamlime (last night, yes terday at 1:00, lastJuly 4th); certainnumber of timesSTRICTI RE: Simpletense: verb base +endingThe Preterite TenseThe Preterite Tense allows you to refer to specific past actions per formed (1) at a fixed point in time, (2) a specific number oftimes, or (3) during an enclosed amount of key is the quantitative nature of the action. If the action is inthe past and you can pin-point it as to when or how many times itoccurred, you will use the Preterite Tense . It is as though therewere a frame or box around the action. Consider the followingsentences:Fixed point in time:I called you at 3 bought the car on Tuesday saw the movie last number of actions:I called you five ate ten read the book amount of time:I zvorked for eight movie lasted two and a half lived there for trvo each of the preceding sentences, the action's time is specific,measured in some way, either by the clock, the calendar, or num ber of times the action is important to remember that while an obvious feature of thepreterit

The Preterite Tense The preterite tense allows you to refer to specific past actions per¬ formed (1) at a fixed point in time, (2) a specific number of times, or (3) during an enclosed amount of time. The key is the quantitative nature of the action. If the action is in the past and you can pin-point it as to when or how many times it

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