Past simple tense

The positive of regular verbs ends in –ed. There are many common irregular verbs.

      I                        

      He/ she/ it     finished

      We                  arrived            yesterday.

      You                 went

      They

The negative of the Past Simple is formed with didn’t.  

The question in the Past Simple is formed with did

The Past Simple Tense is used:

1.   To express a finished action in the past.

I worked in London from 1984 to 1989.

We played tennis last Sunday.

John left two minutes ago.

2.   To express actions which follow each other in a story.

James came into the room.

He took off his coat and sat down on the bed.

Suddenly, he noticed somebody behind the curtain.

He stood up and walked slowly across the room.