Simple past, present simple. Names of the tenses.

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I'm wondering why it's "simple past", but "present simple". Why are the orders of words different?
 
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I'm wondering why it's "simple past", but "present simple". Why are the orders of words different?
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I've heard (and probably used) all variations:

Simple present
Present simple
Simple past
Past simple
 
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