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Geoffrey Leech in 'An A-Z of English Grammar' defines a simple tense as a tense that has only one verb eg
past simple -- I went to school in Auckland. -- verb = went
present simple -- We live in Ekatahuna. -- verb = live
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Is the simple past tenses and the simple tenses same?
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What does am mean in simple past tense?
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