Simple past tense


The simple past tense indicates an action that happen in a specific moment in the past and is now finished. The simple past tense is easy to conjugate in English. In REGULAR verbs all conjugations are exactly the same. The termination (ending) "-ed" is added to the simple form.

Some examples are:
PRESENTSIMPLE PAST
jumpjumped
callcalled
workworked
playplayed

If the verb is IRREGULAR the different forms need to be memorized. For example:

PRESENTSIMPLE PAST
runran
gowent
havehad
writewrote

The only verb which changes form for different people or pronouns is the verb "to be".

PRESENTSIMPLE PAST
I amI was
You areYou were
He/She/It isHe/She/It was
We areWe were
You are (plural)You were (plural)
They areThey were