It is a little difficult for some people to be able to express past events , so this presentation gives you the use and the grammar rules for this tense

1. PAST SIMPLE

2. USE

3. •To talk about actions that begin and finish
in the past.
• It rained a lot yesterday.
• I resolved the exam las saturday

4. RULE
• There are two kind of verbs to make a sentence in simple past:
1. The regular verbs
2. The irregular verbs.

5. REGULAR VERBS
• They are the verbs that add the ED to form the past.
• For example:
Present = past
Work = worked
Brush = brushed
Cook = cooked

6. IRREGULAR VERBS
• They are the verbs that change the writting to form the past.
• For example:
Present = past
be = was - were
go = went
swim = swam

7. STRUCTURE

8. AFFIRMATIVE
• SUBJECT+ VERB+ COMPLEMENT
• Davinci painted the Gioconda on 1500.
• Uriel won the race last month.
• Falcao suffered an accident on april.

9. NEGATIVE
• SUBJECT+ AUX + N`T + VERB+
COMPLEMENT
Miguel Angel didn`t paint the Gioconda
Bolivar didn´t fight in the 1000 días war
• Falcao didn`t play the championship

10. INTERROGATIVE
yes- no questions
• AUX + SUBJECT+ VERB+ COMPLEMENT
Did Cervantes write cien años de soledad?
Did Santos assisst to the peace dialogue?
• Did Cristobal Colón discover Perú?

11. INTERROGATIVE
wh questions
WH + AUX + SUBJECT+ VERB+ COMPLEMENT
Who did write cien años de soledad?
Where did the peace dialogue begin?
When did Cristobal Colón discover América?