PAST TENSE

 



The past simple, also known as the simple past is the tense used in the English language to narrate events that occurred at a specific time in the past. Corresponds in meaning to the present perfect simple Spanish.2
The past simple is usually time expressions that refer to the past, such as yesterday, last night / week / month / year / Tuesday, then, When?, How long ago ...?, Ago, in 1997, and so on.

The Simple Past is the Past tense is used for:

Describe the actions that took place in a given time in the past,
Past events that have been completed but whose precise timing is not mentioned, as well as for ...
Describe routines performed before.
Rules

To describe past actions or routines, you need to know the difference between the 2 types of verbs regulars and irregulars.

Regular Verbs
For regular verbs, we have:

If the verb ends in a consonant, you must add the ending "-ed"
If the verb ends in "-e", you should only add the "-d" at the end.
If the regular verb ends in-y, and that letter is preceded by a consonant, change the particle-and-ied.
If the last syllable of the verb, is where the accent falls and it is composed of consonant-vowel-consonant, this consonant be doubled then add "-ed".
If the verb ends in "-l", it should be double and add "-ed".
Irregular Verbs
There are verbs in English, which you can not give the ending "-ed", and then, one must know which is the last of a particular verb in the infinitive.