Past Simple

Afirmative

  S + Verb (past) + Complements

        (regular verbs -ed)

Eg: He broke his leg

  You arrived late

Negative

S + DID + NOT + Verb (infinitivo sin “to”) + Complements

       (= didn’t)

Eg: He did not  break his leg = I didn’t break my leg

  You did not arrive late = You didn’t arrive late

Interrogative

DID + S + Verb (infinitivo sin “to”) + Complements ?

Eg: Did he break his leg?  Yes, he did

  Did your arrive late? No, I didn’t

USE

—Actions that started and finished in the past
Acciones que comenzaron y terminaron en el pasado (normalmente se indica cuándo ocurrió, es decir, hay un adverbio de tiempo que lo indica)

  Eg: I didn't go to the beach last Sunday

—Actions that happened one after the other in the past (like in a story)Acciones que suceden una detrás de otra en el pasado, como sucede cuando contamos una historia. Eg: I went into the disco and I saw my favourite girl, then I asked her to dance,....

—With the Past Continuous to refer to a short action that interrupts a longer one.Con el Past Continuous para referirnos a una acción corta que interrumpe a otra más larga.

  Eg:  The TV broke when she was watching the football match