Simple Past.

Look, it's raining again! It rained all day yesterday too.

Rained is the simple past tense:

We use the simple past to talk about actions or situations in the past.

Here are some examples of simple past:

1. I watched a great movie last Sunday.

2. I enjoyed the party very much.

More examples of Simple Past

Very often, simple past ends in -ed:

For example:

1. She studied very hard for her exam.

2. Messi scored 3 goals in that match.

But many important verbs are irregular. This means that the simple past does not end in -ed.

For example:

1. I went to Italy last vacation.

2. This bike cost Rs.5000 in 1990.

The past of the verb be (am/is/are) is was/were.

I/she/he/it was

We/you/they were

In simple past questions and negatives, we use did/didn't + the base verb:

For example:

1. Did you go to the movie last night?

2. We didn't invite her to the party. So she didn't come.