The document provides information about the past simple tense and how it is used to describe actions that occurred at a specific time in the past. It gives examples of sentences using the past simple tense. It also provides tips for skimming a document, such as reading the introduction, topic sentences, conclusions, and headings. Additional tips are provided for scanning a document, such as looking for key words, definitions, numbers, examples and diagrams. Finally, the document gives directions for an activity where students will get in groups, draw a scene, take turns performing short dramas based on that scene by freezing and having the next group continue the scene.