When we talk about things that happened a long time ago, we use special phrases.
- A long time ago...
- In 2001...
- Hundreds of years ago...
- Millions of years ago...
We use these phrases to talk about history.
- Canada was discovered in 1867.
- Lego was invented in 1932.
- Dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago.
- Dodos became extinct hundreds of years ago.
We always use the past tense verb to talk about the action that happened in the past. Here are some other interesting facts:
- Man landed on the moon in 1969.
- Pokemon Go came out in July 2016.
- The first iPhone was released in 2007.
- Dinosaurs became extinct around 65 million years ago.
- NASA discovered 7 new Exoplanets in 2017.