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1. 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.

2. The simple past is formed using the verb + ed. In addition, there are many verbs with irregular past forms. Questions are made with did and negative forms are made with did not.

3. EXAMPLES

3.1. Statement: You called Debbie. Question: Did you call Debbie? Negative: You did not call Debbie.

4. USE 1 Completed Action in the Past

4.1. Use the simple past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past

5. USE 2 Series of Completed Actions

5.1. We use the simple past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on

6. USE 3 Duration in the Past

6.1. The simple past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc

7. I studied French when I was a child.

8. He played the violin.

9. He didn't play the piano.

10. Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?

11. She worked at the movie theater after school.

12. They never went to school, they always skipped class