THESE THINGS CAN BE…
• Short / quickly finished actions
- I ate a sandwich last night.
- She said hello when she saw me.
• Longer situations
- I watched TV all day on Sunday.
- I lived in Barcelona for seven years.
• Repeated events
- I tried to call you every day last week.
- Every seven minutes, another tram came by the station.
• Past Simple is used to tell stories
- One day the handsome young prince decided to see the world.
He packed his things, kissed his mother the Queen goodbye, and walked down the road, which was wide and flat…