last month, last week, last summer, in 1997, when I was a child, a long time ago, on Monday, in February etc. We also use the past simple for the main action when telling a story. E.g. I woke up on my wedding day, I jumped out of bed and immediately called my brother. He didn't pick up and so I began to worry.

When to used past tense?

The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened. Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to talk about past events that happened over a period of time, the simple past tense emphasizes that the action is finished.

What is past tense example?

The past tense is a verb tense used for a past activity or a past state of being. For example: I jumped in the lake.