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To form the simple past with regular verbs, we use the infinitive and add the ending "-ed". The form is the same for all people (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
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For verbs that end in an "e", we just add "-d" If the verb ends in a short vowel and a consonant (except "y" or "w"), we double the final consonant. With verbs ending in a consonant and an "y", change the "y" to an "i".
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Affirmative:
subject + verb (in past form) + complement. example: I saw a movie yesterday -
Negative:
subject + auxiliary verb (did) + negacion + verb (infinitive) + complement. example: He didn’t hear the telephone. -
Interrogative.
auxiliary verb (did) + subject + verb (infinitive) + complement?. example: Did you have dinner last night? -
The simple past is used to speak of a concrete action that began and ended in the past. In this case it is equivalent to the Spanish indefinite past tense. Generally, we use it with adverbs of time like "last year", "yesterday", "last night" ...
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Se usa el pasado simple para un serie de acciones en el pasado. Ejemplos:I received the good news and immediately called my husband.
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También lo usamos para acciones repetidas o habituales en el pasado, como se usa el pretérito imperfecto español. Ejemplos:We always traveled to Cancun for vacation when we were young
