Talk in the past: conjugations and examples

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Speaking English, you will surely need to use the verb that this post is about: the verb talk , which precisely means to speak. It is important to know the different forms of talk in the past tense , and the uses of each of them. Keep reading and discover them.

How to conjugate talk in the past
The meaning of talk is to speak, to dialogue, to converse. It is denmark phone number list for a conversation between two or more interlocutors. It is pronounced ' tok ', lengthening the -o a little.

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Simple past
Being a regular verb, talk in the past tense is formed by adding the particle -ed.

Past · Past

I talked · I spoke.
You talked · you spoke.
She/he talked · she/he spoke.
We talked · we spoke.
You talked · you spoke.
They talked · they spoke.

I talked to Susan about my job last week – (I) talked to Susan about my job.
Claire talked to Hannah and convinced her to come – Claire talked to Hannah and convinced her to come.
When was the last time you talked to Dillon? – When was the last time you talked to Dillon?
I know they talked with you.
There are other past tenses, which are formed by including auxiliary verbs and compound forms.

Past perfect
The past perfect is used to refer to something that has happened in the past, before something else happened. It is formed with the past tense of the auxiliary have + the participle of talk .