Use the Simple Past tense to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: * I saw a movie yesterday. * I didn't see a play yesterday. * Last year, I travelled to Japan. * Last year, I didn't travel to Korea. * Did you have dinner last night? * She washed her car. * He didn't wash his car. These Italki English/Portuguese speaking language partners can be contacted by you to set up a practice time. Go to: http://www.italki.com/partners/1-Portuguese-English200-00-0.htm You can also learn English using Portuguese as your base language here at Italki. Go to: http://www.italki.com/knowledge/learn-English-Portuguese.htm

You use the past whenever you talk about the past.