Simple past tense explanation.

1. Simple Past Tense

2. Definition
 Simple Past Tense is used to indicate the actions that
happened in the past and also finished in the past.

3. Positive Sentence Pattern
S + V2 + Object
 He ate banana / They ate banana
S + Be (was/were) + Adjective
 He was famous / They were famous

4. Negative Sentence Pattern
S + did + not + V1 + Object
 He did not eat banana / They didn’t eat banana
S + Be (was/were) + not + Adjective
 He was not famous / They weren’t famous

5. Interrogative Sentence Pattern
Did + S + V1 + Object + ?
 Did he eat banana? / Did they eat banana?
Be (was/were) + S + Adjective + ?
 Was he famous? / Were they famous?

6. He
She
It
I
Was
They
We
You
Were
He
She
It
I
They
We
You
Did

7. Adverb of Time
Yesterday
Last night
Last month
Just now
Two weeks ago
This morning
Earlier in this day
Etc.

8. Summary
Positive
S + V2 + Object
S + Be (was/were) + Adjective
Negative
S + Be (was/were) + not + Adjective
S + did + not + V1 + Object
Interrogative
Be (was/were) + S + Adjective + ?
Did + S + V1 + Object + ?