PAST SIMPLE

The simple past (also called past simple, past indefinite or preterite) is a verb tense which is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past. The simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations.

STRUCTURE

• POSITIVE:

(+) SUBJECT + VERB (Past simple) + COMPLEMENT.

• NEGATIVE:

(-) SUBJECT + AUXILIAR DID + NOT + VERB (Infinitive) + COMPLEMENT.

• INTERROGATIVE:

(?) AUXILIAR DID + SUBJECT + VERB (Infinitive) + COMPLEMENT?

AUXILIAR DO/DOES CONJUGATION

I - DID

YOU - DID

HE - DID

SHE - DID

IT - DID

WE - DID

YOU - DID

THEY - DID

IMPORTANT: 

If you do not find a verb in the above list, it is is because it is a regular verb, in that case, to have the verb in past simple, you should add to the end of the base form verb: ED.

Example:

Play - played.

Rain - Rained.