Past Simple Tense

The past simple verb tense is used when:

The action happened in the past

The action/event is completed /finished at the time of speaking.

The time or/and place is stated or understood.

The length of the event/action is not important.

 Examples:

•  I went to the school.
• We did not not to the English class today.
• They did eat lunch at school.

Note:In English, following phrases are often used with the Past Simple Tense to define time:
yesterday                last year
last night                 two years
last month               ago
many years ago    a long time ago 

• Past Simple Tense
• Past Simple Tense Chart
• Past Simple "to be" Chart
• Past Continuous Tense
• Past Continuous Tense Chart
• Past Perfect Tense
• Past Perfect Tense Chart
• Past Perfect Continuous Tense
• Past Perfect Continuous Tense Chart