Past tense

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PAST TENSE 
We use the past
simple when we
want to describe an
action that started
and ended in the
past 
In the affirmative with regular
verbs we should add ed to
make the verb in the past 
In the affirmative with irregular verbs we
do not need to add anything, they have
a fixed form 
In the negative we use did not to indicate
past. As did is an auxiliary in the past the
verb do not need to be conjugated in the
past
Subject+ did not + infinitive verb withou to 
In the interrogative we use did in the beggining
of the sentence and as did is an auxiliary in the
past the verb do not need to be conjugated in
the past 
Did+subject+infinitive verb without to See --> Saw
Dance --> Danced