•Tense focuses on the past.
•Used when describing events which have already happened.
•With the past simple there are often time indicators in sentences.
How to form the past simple and rulings
Regular verb + ed
•Infinitive + ed
Examples:
(to) spoil + ed --> Spoiled
Regular verb + d
verbs where the infinitive already ends in -e. Just add -d.
(to) smile + d --> smiled
Regular verbs ending in Y
If the -y is preceded by a vowel just add -ed.
- (to) stay + ed --> stayed
If the -y is preceded by a consonant replace -y by -ied.
(to) try --> tried