Past tenses handle completed actions, previous states, and historical events. These forms enable speakers to narrate experiences, describe sequences of events, and provide background information.

In the past I have lain down. NPR’s and NBC’s posts should have both used the past tense of lie, lay: Yesterday, Ginsburg lay in state. You can find the past forms in your dictionary.

Mastering English tenses is crucial for fluency, enabling precise communication of when actions occur. The English tense system organizes time into past, present, and future, each with simple ...