Past Tense

SIMPLE PAST by Gerardo Salazar and Valery Moreno, UAM English assignment.  DEFINITION OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important. PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE FOR REGULAR VERBS PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE FOR IRREGULAR VERBS  Other Examples Of Regular and Irregular Verbs Questions in the Past Tense We use did to make a question in the past tense. This is for regular " and" irregular verbs in English.  Example: Did you cook dinner yesterday?.                 Did you go to school last week? NOTICE: The only difference between a question in the present tense and a question in the past ten...