1. Action finished in the past (single or repeated)

I visited Berlin last week.

Andrew watched TV yesterday.

My friends went to Paris a week ago.

My parents ate a lot of junk food when they were young.

2.. series of completed actions in the past

First I got up, then I had breakfast.

On Sunday my brother and me went to a nice lake. There we met our friends. We swam in the warm water and played volleyball in the afternoon. Too bad that we had to go home in the evening. We didn't want to go to school on Monday.

3. together with the Past Progressive/Continuous – the Simple Past interrupted an action which was in progress in the past.

They were playing cards when the telephone rang.

1st action → Past Progressive → were playing
2nd action → Simple Past → rang

While Dennis was reading outside, it started to rain.

1st action → Past Progressive → was reading
2nd action → Simple Past → started

Taken from: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/simple_past_use.htm

	Created by Diana Milena Franco Nuñez over 6 years ago

Explicación del uso del pasado simple en inglés