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In addition, the Simple Past is used to describe situations which existed for a period oftime in the past.e.g. Millions of years ago, dinosaurs inhabited the earth.George Washington was the first president of the United States.The Simple Past is also used to express non·continuous actions which occurred at adefinite time in the past.e.g. Columbus reached America in 1492.I graduated from school last year.2. Formation of the simple pasta. The verb To BeThe Simple Past of the verb to be is conjugated as follows:See Exercise 1 .I wasyou werehe wasshe wasit waswe werethey werei. Questions and negative statementsThe Simple Present and Simple Past of the verb to be do not use auxiliaries to formquestions and negative statements. Instead, the verb itself is used.The verb to be forms questions and negative statements in the same way in the SimplePast as in the Simple Present. In order to form a question, the verb is placed before thesubject. For example:Affi rmative StatementI was awake.They were ready.Qu estionWas I awake?Were they ready?In order to form a negative statement, the word not is placed after the verb. Forexample:Affi rmative StatementI was awake.They were ready.Negative StatementI was not awake.They were not ready.In spoken English, the following contractions are often used:Without ContractionsWith Contractions