Introduction
Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea. A historical novel, the story is a Bildungsroman or coming-of-age story, with the title taken from a poem written by Ernest Dowson.
Task
Learn the Past tense with our friends Scarlett and Rhett!
Process
PAST TENSE
- indicates that an action is in the past relative to the speaker or writer.
when the time period has finished: "We went to Chicago last Christmas."- when the time period is definite: "We visited Mom last week."
- with for, when the action is finished: "I worked with the FBI for two months."
- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/simple_past.htm