how to use simple past tense

Simple PastFORM[VERB+ed] / irregular form Examples:You called Debbie.Did you call Debbie?You did not call Debbie.
USE 1 Completed Action in the Past
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The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.Examples:I lived in Brazil for two years.Shauna studied Japanese for five years.They sat at the beach all day.They did not stay at the party the entire time.We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.A: How long did you wait for them?
B: We waited for one hour.

What is simple past tense?
Examples of simple past tense:
-Visited
-Met
-Was
-Came
-Took
-Saw
--Drank
-Worked

How to use simple past tense?
Examples of short senstences for simle past tense:
-Mike visited his grandparents every month.
-I met Amy when i was five.
-She came in my room and took my laptop adaptor away.
-I saw him when i was walking to school this morning.
-He drank 3 pints of beers last night.
-She worked for (name) airline for 3 years.

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Grammar ;- connected form of verb used to express actions in the past.
(adj)The time for schooling was past.I haven't seen much of her in the past few days. Past months had been really busy in the shop. From past experience I'd say he'd probably forgotton HK.
(noun)I used to go there called Wind-Moon often in the past. She looked back on the past golden days without regret. Writing letters seemed to be a thing of the past. We didnt know anything about her past.
(prep)There is a bus at fifteen past one. We arrived at one fifteen and left at one thirty. It was past noon when we got home. We lived in the house just past the river. He hurried past. He just walked past The flowers are past their best=She's past her prime.She's long past retirement age.
(adv)I called out to her as she ran past.A week went past and nothing had happened in past tense!!!!!