Past

The Chinese language doesn't have a tense as we might know it from other languages. However, the Chinese people tend to rely on a time adverb or an aspect particle to the sentence to indicate the "past, present, and future tense."

Unlike in English and other European languages, the form of a Chinese verb remains the same, regardless of whether it is past, present, or future tense.

Add the particle "了" and "过" after the verb to express completed actions. 了 is used to indicate the completion of an action. Similarly, 过 is used to show that something has happened before. For example:
1.我去过北京( I have been to Beijing)
2.我吃了一个鸡蛋(I ate an egg)

But "了" is a very complicated auxiliary word, we can't use it with a few specific verbs, which includes 是 / 在 / 有, etc...
Also, the particle 了 can also be used for the present or the immediate future, so be careful of its usage and be sure to understand both functions.
他病了 He is sick
我要走了 I will leave soon

Another simplest and clearest way for you to indicate that an action occurred in the past is by using commonly used time phrase or adverb, see below:
以前(before), 过去(in the past), 上周(last week), 昨天(yesterday), 去年(last year), 刚刚(just now)

Past

我吃__一片面包。


__是一位老师。


__去看电影了。


__没去上课。


__去泰国玩了。


__才下单。


我去__印度尼西亚。


你周末都干__些什么?


__上初中那会儿是体育特长生。


我弟弟__刚毕业。


__去哪里了?找了你好久!


你去__哪些国家?


你今天喝__几杯咖啡?


__看的那部电影挺好看的。


__去哪儿出差了?


我记得你__很喜欢打羽毛球啊。


__才跟我同事打完篮球。


这道题我都做__了。


现在都__了12点了,还不睡觉?


__去澳门购物去了。


__不是很喜欢吃这个吗?


__手臂上没这个伤疤吧?


想起__我还逃过课呢。


好多事情现在我都记不清__


__说过的话你又忘了。


我爸爸__才出去,你等会儿再来找他吧。


我们来__这儿吗?


__冬天没这么冷的。


__从美国回国了。


__学会的游泳。

我吃一片面包。


以前是一位老师。


上周去看电影了。


昨天没去上课。


去年去泰国玩了。


刚刚才下单。


我去印度尼西亚。


你周末都干些什么?


以前上初中那会儿是体育特长生。


我弟弟去年刚毕业。


刚刚去哪里了?找了你好久!


你去哪些国家?


你今天喝几杯咖啡?


上周看的那部电影挺好看的。


上周去哪儿出差了?


我记得你以前很喜欢打羽毛球啊。


刚刚才跟我同事打完篮球。


这道题我都做了。


现在都了12点了,还不睡觉?


上周去澳门购物去了。


以前不是很喜欢吃这个吗?


以前手臂上没这个伤疤吧?


想起以前我还逃过课呢。


好多事情现在我都记不清


刚刚说过的话你又忘了。


我爸爸刚刚才出去,你等会儿再来找他吧。


我们来这儿吗?


去年冬天没这么冷的。


去年从美国回国了。


去年学会的游泳。

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