Simple past in simple terms

 

The past simple is a verb tense that is used to talk about actions or events that happened in the past and are completed. It is often used to describe things that occurred at a specific time or period in the past.

To form the past simple, you usually add the suffix "-ed" to regular verbs. For example, the verb "walk" becomes "walked" in the past simple. However, there are also irregular verbs that have different forms, such as "go" which becomes "went" in the past simple.

Here are some examples of sentences using the past simple:

• I walked to school yesterday.
• She ate dinner at a restaurant last night.
• They played soccer in the park on Saturday.
• We visited our grandparents during the summer.

In these sentences, the actions (walking, eating, playing, visiting) all happened in the past and are now finished. The past simple helps us to talk about these past events and actions in a simple and clear way.