Use: For a completed action or event at a definite point in the past.
ex: We played volleyball last weekend.
For actions or events that happened one after another.
Ex: Jane got up,had a shower,got dressed and left the house.
Form: regular verbs + ed If the verbs end in a consonant + -y we change the -y to -i, and add -ed.
ex: work > -ed > worked study > studied cry> cried
Verbs end in -e: If the verbs end in a short accent vowel + a consonant we double the consonant.
dance>danced stop > stopped , plan>planned.