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  • Simple Past Tense is the basic form of verb in past tense.

    To form simple past tense:

    Type of sentence Verb Examples
    Affirmative past tense  We walked to the park.
    Negative didn't + base verb Jane didn’t go to the doctor.
    Interrogative did + subject + base verb

    		 Did Tom play the match?
    Didn’t they bring the flowers?

    Use:

    To Express Examples
    Action that happened in the past. The children visited the park yesterday.
    Events happened in stories. Snow White ate the poisoned apple.
    Actions that have happened at definite time in the past. It rained last week.
     Past habit or repeated actions in the past.  I always cycled to school.