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in the past tense
The story is written in the past tense.
这个故事是用过去式写的。
过去式；过去时
past tenses — plural of past tense
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
过去式；过去时
The verb form used to describe an action or state that happened or existed before the present time; in English, often formed by adding -ed.
The story is written in the past tense.
这个故事是用过去式写的。
一种语法形式(通常是动词形式),指代在现在之前某个时间发生或存在的事件、交易、情况或对象
A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
When I wrote my diary last night, I used the past tense to describe my day.
昨晚写日记时，我用过去时来描述我的一天。
She finds the past tense difficult because many verbs are irregular.
她觉得过去时很难，因为许多动词是不规则的。
Please change these sentences from the present tense to the past tense.
请把这些句子从现在时改成过去时。
The story is written in the past tense.
这个故事是用过去式写的。
You should use the past tense for this verb.
这个动词应该用过去式。
Change the verb to the past tense.
把动词改成过去式。
Not this
The past tense of 'take' is 'taken'.
Use this
The past participle of 'take' is 'taken'.
学习者混淆了过去式（past tense）和过去分词（past participle），误将过去分词当作过去式。correct句子使用正确术语'past participle'。
Not this
He wrote in past tense.
Use this
He wrote in the past tense.
英语中名词短语'past tense'前需要定冠词'the'，表示特指。错误句子遗漏了冠词，导致语法不正确。
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