Matching Pairs Simple pastOnline version The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. Imagine someone asks what your brother Wolfgang did while he was in town last weekend. by Mauricio Betancur 1 Some examples of simple past tense. 2 Some examples of irregular verbs in simple past are? 3 What is simple past? 4 What your brother Wolfgang did while he was in town last weekend. 5 An example of an affirmative sentence using simple past is? 6 What is simple past tense used to? 7 It teaches the simple past tense. 8 Simple past is used to talk about events, things, or situations that happened... A verb tense To talk about things that happened or existed before now.