Past Simple

USES
● For actions completed in the past at a definite time: I cancelled the tickets

yesterday.

● For a past habit: He went for a walk every morning.

● For an action which interrupted another action that was in progress in the past:

The telephone rang while we were having a meeting.

● For a series of completed actions in the past: She sat down, opened her book

and started reading.

FORM
REGULAR VERBS

I/you looked I didn’t look Did you/I look?

he/she/it looked she didn’t see Did he/she/it see?

we/you/they looked We didn’t talk Did we/you/they talk?

IRREGULAR VERBS

I/you ate I didn’t eat Did I/you eat?

he/she/it ate she didn’t eat Did he/she/it eat?

we/you/they ate we didn’t eat Did we/you/they eat?

 USED TO

We use USED TO to talk about things that were true in the

past, but aren’t true now.

Let’s talk about things that we used to do as children.

I used to play with my dolls.

We used to climb trees.
She used to work as a dentist.