Researchers at home and abroad have found that the English past tense can only be acquired at a later stage in the developmental pattern.

国内外研究者大量的研究表明一般过去式通常难以被二语学习者习得。

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The author explained the English past tense in accordance to the prototype theory from the cognitive view and also revealed the significant role the prototype theory played in its cognitive process.

本文从认知的角度出发，应用典型理论解释英语过去时态范畴的意义，揭示原型理论在其认知过程中的重要作用。

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Now, I have no problem with the past tense. Is it because I'm a genius? No. Of course, it's because I learned English naturally.

现在，过去时对我来说完全不会有问题。这是因为我是一名天才吗？不是的，这是因为我自然而然地学好了英语。

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English past tense verbs have so many forms like swam, ate, read, let, brought, etc. compared to Japanese, where all past tenses end with -mashita, -mashita, -mashita, with virtually no exception.

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