Simple Past

We use the past simple for things a long way back in the past and things in the recent past.

We use the auxiliary did or didn’t to form questions and negatives in the past simple.

We use the past simple for single events or situations in the past.

We use the past simple for things in the past which have finished.

We only use the past simple for things a long way back in the past.

We use the past simple for repeated events in the past.

We use the past simple for things that are happening now.

We use the auxiliary have to form questions and negatives in the past simple.