Simple Past Tense

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The simple past tense, sometimes referred to as the verb tense, is used in a time before now to discuss a completed action.

• Something that once happened in the past

               The volcano in Iceland erupted last year after a silent period of 190 years.

• Something that happened in the past many times

          We always enjoyed visiting our friends.

• Something that was true for some time in the past.

                I lived abroad for five years.

TIME EXPRESSIONS

• yesterday
• ago
• last week/year/month...
• in 1980s/in the 17th century...
• then
• at the time
• at that time

               I attended all the workshops organized by this committee last year.


               She enjoyed being a student.



               He played a lot of basketball when he was younger.


               Jessie took German classes when she was in Germany.



    Here are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tense forms;

Base form	Past tense
be begin break bring buy build choose come cost cut do draw drive eat feel find get give go have hear hold keep know leave lead let lie lose make mean meet pay put run say sell send set sit speak spend stand take teach tell think understand wear win write	was/were began broke brought bought built chose came cost cut did drew drove ate felt found got gave went had heard held kept knew left led let lay lost made meant met paid put ran said sold sent set sat spoke spent stood took taught told thought understood wore won wrote

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/past-simple