This is an All-Ears English podcast, episode 2360. Your grammar questions answered, past simple or past

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Hello, Lindsay. How are you? Hey, Aubrey. I'm doing fantastic. How's everything in your world today?

Amazing. I'm curious. I know you've been getting a ton of

snow in Colorado. When is the last time you went sledding? It's been a really long time,

Aubrey. I don't even remember the last time I went sledding. Unfortunately, I know. You opted

for skiing instead, probably, right? Yeah. When I went skiing last winter with my brother and my

niece, they went sledding at Copper Mountain, but I was doing, I don't know, I was went skiing last winter with my brother and my niece, they went sledding at Copper

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