Past Simple: Past Simple Tense in English

Past Simple describes a finished action in the past: yesterday, in 2019, last week, ago. Regular verbs: infinitive + -ed.

Affirmative

• I worked yesterday.
• She lived in Madrid in 2020.
• They visited us last Sunday.

Spelling: play → played, stop → stopped, study → studied, like → liked.

Negatives and questions — did

The same form for every person. After did / didn't the verb goes back to the infinitive without -ed.

• I didn't work yesterday. (not didn't worked)
• Did you live in Madrid? — Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.
• When did she arrive?

to be in the past does not take did: I was / you were, Was she at home?, They weren't ready.