Past simple простое прошедшее время

Form
Regular verbs:
V+ -ed:
to start — started
I (he, she, it, we, you, they) asked.
2. Irregular verbs:
2nd form:
to begin — began

Questions and negatives
Use did (для всех лиц и чисел).
general question:
A S I
Auxiliary verb subject infinitive
Did I (he, she ask?
it, we, you, they)
special question:
QU A S I
Question auxiliary subject infinitive
verb verb
Who did I ask?

Questions and negatives:
Short answers are:
Yes, I (he, she, it, we, you, they) did.
No, I (he, she, it, we, you, they) didn't.
Use didn’t + V to make negative:
I didn’t ask them.
I didn’t go to France.

TO BE
Move to be (was/were) to the beginning to make a question:
Was I wrong?
Was he ill?
Were you all right?
To make negative use not:
was not = wasn't, were not = weren't
He was not at home.
They were not ready yesterday.