1. English Grammar Made Easy The Simple Past TenseBy
Nerio Burga Sagástegui.

2. The Simple Past Tense The Simple Past Tense is used:
To express an action wholly completed in the past
Ex. I performed Isha prayers last evening.
I went to Cusco last weekend.
Jessica arrived at our house yesterday.

3. Simple Past Tense
A verb is turned into past by adding (d or ed) at the end of the infinitive
Ex. He arrived yesterday.
She cooked food last night.
There are some irregular verbs
Ex. I (write) wrote a letter last week.
I (buy) bought a car last year
I (read) read a book yesterday
Sell- sold , drive-drove, go-went, meet-met, give-gave, get-got
Take-took, forget-forgot, come-came

4. The Simple Past Tense
The Simple Past Tense is usual with words or phrases that are time indicators:
Yesterday, last, ago, in the past, in 1973
Ex.
We played football yesterday.
I visited my family last week.
I was in England a year ago.
In the past, man used horses for traveling
In 1973, Arabs defeated Israel.
In 2006, Lebanon defeated Israel.

5. Verb to be Present Past Past Participle I am was He She is was been ItWe
You are were
They
I have been to England two times.
He is always busy.

6. Past Simple Tense I (study) English yesterday.
I studied English yesterday.
He (go) to school everyday.
He went to school everyday.
She (buy) fruits last week.
She bought fruits last week.
In 2007, I (get) my PhD.
In 2007, I got my PhD.