ID 5126605 Banca CONTEMAX Órgão Prefeitura de Orobó - PE Ano 2019 Provas CONTEMAX - 2019 - Prefeitura de Orobó - PE - Professor de Inglês Disciplina Inglês Assuntos Passado simples | Simple past Verbos | Verbs Based on the English Grammar, we use the simple past tense to talk about: Alternativas An action in the past that is not happening anymore An action that started in the past and is still happening in the present. An action before something in the past. A longer action in the past that was interrupted Parallel actions. Responder Comentários a-The simple past is a verb tense for talking about things that happened before the present time. Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to talk about past events that happened over a period of time, the simple past tense stresses out that the action is finished.