The document provides examples of how to use the past simple tense in English. It discusses the past forms of regular and irregular verbs. It gives rules for doubling consonants and dropping 'e' when adding '-ed' to regular verbs. It also provides examples of using the past tense with time expressions like "yesterday" and in questions with "did". It then provides short biographies of Shakira and Cristiano Ronaldo that model using the past tense to describe events in their lives. The last part defines what a biography is compared to an autobiography.

1. PAST SIMPLE OR SIMPLE PAST

9. PAST SIMPLE OF IRREGULAR VERBS go went have had write wrote read read catch caught fall fell hear heard see saw say said give gave know knew