play是一個action verb,會因發生的時間不同,而採用適當的時態,用played是過去簡單式,表示這個行為是發生在以前(這種狀況,通常還會加上時間座標,如yesterday/last night等),如果是目前正在發生,則應用現在進行式She is playing....,如果指的是能力,因為不受時間影響,一直都是如此,就可以寫成: She can play the piano beautiflly.(用現在簡單式)。
Play is an action verb wrt time+tense.
to play the piano=make music on, perform on, strum,This is simple present tense,eg:-Miss Imogen Cooper to play the piano (present tense)
simple past tense=played, continuous tense=is playing,
In simple past tense, the various status be added eg:yesterday, last week, last month, last year at the Concert -egg- stadium- hall.
to play the piano means "Miss Imogen Cooper to play the piano", means "She plays the piano"., means" She plays the piano beautifully"((adverb means lovely, splendidly, gracefully, magnificently.)
the relation:-adverb is word added to verb, adjective, or other adverb to modify meaning adverbially.