Past Simple

See the exemple below:

Airton Senna was a F-1 pilot. He lived from 1960 to 1994. He had his first Kart at the age of four. He was only 34 years old when he died. He was a great champion:

was/lived/won/had are all past simple.

Há verbos que levam a terminação -ed(Verbos regulares):

• I lived in Campos do Jordão.
• John invited Mary to his part but she decided not to come.

Mas há também os verbos irregulares, os quais não levam a terminação -ed, ex.:

• write====>wrote
• have====> had
• go======>went
• come===> came

Em orações interrogativas e negativas usamos did/didn't + infinitivo:

Atenção quando do for o principal verbo da oração:

• What did you do on your vacation?(not, what did you on your vacation)
• I didn't do anything.(not, I didn't anything)

O passado do verbo be:

• am,is,are ====>was,were

Não é usado did em orações interrogativas e negativas com was,were:

I was worn out last night because I worked a lot. Why was I worn out last night?

She wasn't capable to be promoted. Well...that's all for now...bye bye!

PS - Airton Senna was mentioned because on May, 1st completed 13 years of his death. His determination is an example to be followed.