Simple Past Tense~

　

The PAST TENSE indicates that an action is in the past relative to the speaker or writer.

when the time period has finished: "We went to Chicago last Christmas."
when the time period is definite: "We visited Mom last week."
with for, when the action is finished: "I worked with the FBI for two months."
Regular verbs use the verb's base form (scream, work) plus the -ed ending (screamed, worked). Irregular verbs alter their form in some other way (slept, drank, drove).
Singular Plural
I walked we walked
you walked you walked
he/she/it walked they walked

Singular Plural
I slept we slept
you slept you slept
he/she/it slept they slept

Singular Plural
I was we were
you were you were
he/she/it was they were

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