Давайте поговорим о двух вариантах использования The Past Simple.
Состояние в определенное время в прошлом \ (часто с глаголом состояния)
- I had short hair when I was a teenager.
- I knew John in high school, but I haven’t heard from him since.
- In the 19th century, there was a lot more disease than there is now.
- In 2008, many people were unemployed.
Повторяющееся действие или привычка в определенное время в прошлом.
- In the 1980s, I went to school by bus.
- Last year I swam twice a week, but I don’t have time this year.
- Before the invention of the car, many people rode a horse every day.
- When she was a young woman, my grandmother did all the laundry by hand.