SIMPLE PAST TENSE

   Simple past tense is used to state the facts or events that happened in the past or the past. If we talk about the past, it could be a few minutes ago, an hour ago, two days ago, last month, last year and so, an important period of time has passed and nothing to do with the present.

example:
I ate soup 10 minutes ago.
Finna did homework last night.
In making the simple past tense sentence is not too difficult. Here's the formula:
Positive: Subject + V2
Negative: Subject + Did not + V1
Question: Did + Subject + V1 +?
The verb used in the simple past tense is a verb form to 2, can be regular and irregular verbs

   

Here are examples of regular and irregular verbs:

• regular

V1                  V2                      V3
play                played                 played
live                 lived                    lived
study              studied                studied
watch             watched              watched
read               read                    read

Note: In regular verbs, change shape just add d / ed course.

•    Irregular

V1                 V2                     V3
go                  went                   gone
take               took                    taken
get                 got                      got/gotten
buy                bought                bought

Keep in mind that according to the formula that I list above, the simple past tense, the verb to-2 is only used in a positive sentence, if questions arise in the negative and the second verb must be converted into the first form of the verb.

   Here are examples of sentences in the simple past tense:

• positive

I Went to school yesterday.
My mother bought a new car last month.
Roni got up early last Sunday.
The boy played games in this room 5 minutes ago.

• negative

I did not go to school yesterday.
My mother did not buy a new car last month.
Roni did not get up early last Sunday.
The boy did not play games in this room 5 minutes ago.

• question

Did you go to school yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I did not
Did your mother buy a new car last month? Yes, she did / No, She did not
Roni did get up early last Sunday? Yes, he did / No, He did not
Did the boy play games in this room 5 minutes ago? Yes, he did / No, he did not

Where did you go yesterday? I went to school yesterday.
What did your mother buy last month? She bought a new car last month.
What did the boy play in this room 5 minutes ago? He played games 5 minutes ago.

Note: In the sentence simple past tense, auxiliary word used is "did" and this applies to all subjects. In contrast to the simple present tense using "do" and "does" depending upon the subject of the sentence. So the simple past tense is easier and less confusing. It's just that we have to know the second form of any verb that we use.

   Adverbs commonly used in the simple past tense
Yesterday
... ago
last Tuesday
last month
last year
today
In the simple past tense sentence was sometimes not use adverbs, but although there is no adjective in the sentence, we can understand that the incident / event occurred in the past.
example:
I got up late.
She did not take a bath.