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

https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-intermedio/verb-tenses-past/past-simple#:~:text=To%20form%20the%20past%20simple,it%2C%20we%2C%20they).

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