The past tense is a verb tense expressing action, activity, state or being in the past of the current moment (in an absolute tense system), or prior to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future (in a relative tense system).
Preterite (or simple past)
Simple past is formed for regular verbs by adding –ed to the root of a word.
Example: He walked to the store.
A negation is produced by adding did not and the verb in its infinitive form.
Example: He did not walk to the store.
Question sentences are started with did.
Example: Did he walk to the store?
Simple past is used for describing acts that have already been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is known. Furthermore, simple past is used for retelling successive events. That is why it is commonly used in storytelling.
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