Speak Lesson 23 | The Simple Past Tense

In this episode, Leyla sits down with Ali Banisadr, the Tehran-born, New York–based painter whose work hangs in museum collections around the world. His exhibition Temple of the Mind at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (on view through November 8, 2026) is the museum's first-ever artis ... Show More

In the fifth and final part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center for the poem's climax, as the thirty surviving birds finally reach the Simorgh and discover, through Attar's wordplay on see morgh and seemo ... Show More

In the fourth part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center as the birds set out in dread on a road no one has ever returned from — and after a lifetime of travel, only one in a thousand arrives.For the full l ... Show More

Learn how to talk about past events using the past simple and past continuous. 

"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense. 

"Did you have breakfast?" Learn how to use the past simple tense. 

We look at the 'past simple' and give you examples in this 6 Minute Grammar. 

Learn how to use the present perfect tense for describing the past. 

Learn to talk about actions that happened regularly in the past. 

Learn how to use the past tenses to tell stories. 

We look at which past tense to use to talk about things we used to do in the past. See notesinspanish.com to pick up the accompanying worksheet. 

An overview of the Past Perfect tense with some practice at the end.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast85Become a Level Up Member - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcripts(Members Only)Group lessons with me - http:// ... Show More