GRAMMAR: SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PAST

We use the simple past to talk about events, action or situations which happened in the past and are now finished. We always have to say (or imply) when the action happened, so we often use time reference like yesterday, ago, last summer...

We use the past:

            -- to describe action which happend in the recent or distant past:

Sam phoned a moment ago .(Not "Sam has phoned")

The Goths invaded Rome in A.D.410. (Not"The Goths had invaded")

            -- to describe paast habit: I smoked forty cigarettes a day till i gave up.

If we don't use time reference ( a moment ago , when Iwas young, etc .) we imply them:

I saw Fred in town . ( i.e. when i was there this morning)

I never met my grabdfather. ( i.e. perhaps he died i was born)

OBSERVATION: in the simple past there are regular verbs which are end by ed , and the irregular verbs which have not a rule .

Simple Past Timeline

Regular Verb (to work) Statements +	Regular Verb (to work) Statements -	Questions	Short answer +	Short answer -
I worked.	I didn't work.	Did I work?	Yes, I did.	No, I didn't.
He worked.	He didn't work.	Did he work?	Yes, he did.	No, he didn't.
She worked.	She didn't work.	Did she work?	Yes, she did.	No, she didn't.
It worked.	It didn't work.	Did it work?	Yes, it did.	No, it didn't.
You worked.	You didn't work.	Did you work?	Yes you did.	No, you didn't.
We worked.	We didn't work.	Did we work?	Yes we did.	No, we didn't.
They worked.	They didn't work.	Did they work?	Yes they did.	No, they didn't.