This document provides information about using the simple past tense in English. It defines the simple past as describing actions that happened at a specific time in the past, often using time expressions like "yesterday" or "last year." It discusses the characteristics of simple past verbs, including that the main verb is always past tense. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentence structures using the simple past. It also distinguishes between regular verbs that take "-ed" in the past tense and irregular verbs that do not follow normal past tense patterns.