Past simple

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

Afirmative:	Negative:	Interrogative
Subject + verb (+ed)	Subject + did not / didn't + Verb	Did + Subject + Verb?
I played basketball yesterday. She studied hard last week. He cried a lot two hours ago..	The concert didn't end at 11 o'clock. He didn't want a wine. They didn't arrive early.	Did he play football? Did your cousin come last Tuesday? Did he phone you?

Short Answers

Yes, I did. No, I didn't

Did you call the police? No, I didn't.

NOTES:

Regular verbs: play, study, cry, arrive, want...

Irregular verbs: speak, drive, run, see...

You can use the past simple with these past time expressions: this morning, yesterday, last night, last week, last month, last year...