Quick – answer this question:
Why do we use the past simple tense?
Did you say, “Er … to talk about the past, obviously”?
Then how do you explain sentences like:
“I wish I knew.”
or
“What was your name again?”
But … but … these sentences aren’t about the past! What’s going on?
You know what this means?
It’s time to look at English verbs in a different way.
