Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

past simple

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables
past sim-ple
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

simple past

Inflected Forms

past simples (plural)

Synonyms

simple past

Questions

What does past simple mean?
simple past

How to pronounce past simple

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