Simple Past Tense
uses
the past simple is used to talk about a specific action or event that began and ended in the past.
It is generally used with adverbs of time such as ''last year'' , ''yesterday''...
is used to talk about a series of actions that ocurred in the past
I received to good news and immediately called my husband
we also use the past simple for repeated actions or habits in the past
He walked 3 kilometers every day to work
is also used for narrations or actions that ocurred over a long period of time in the past
I worked for many years in a museum
She didn´t eat meat for years
we use the past simple to speak about facts or things in the past in general
I played the guitar
bibliographies
structure
affirmative sentences
subject + principal verb + complement
she was a doctor
negative sentences
subject + to br + not + complement
she wasn't a doctor
subject + auxiliary verb (to do) + not + principal verb(infinitive)
I didn't want to dance
Interrogative sentences
To be + subject ?
Was she a doctor?
Were the keys in the drawer
auxiliary verb (to do) + subject + principal verb ?
Did you want to dance
Form
to form the past simple of regular verbs we add the ending ''ed'' to the verb. the form is the same for all persons(I,You,He She, It, We,You, They)
want --- wanted
be
was
i he she it
were
you we you they
have
had
dis
do