Sorry Helen, that's the past simple.

不好意思，Helen，那是一般过去时。

The present simple becomes the past simple.

一般现在时变成了一般过去时。

So this sentence is in the past simple.

这个是一般过去时。

And the second one is the past simple.

第二个例子是一般过去时。

The second event happens in the past simple tense.

第二件事使用的是一般过去时。

Why not use the past simple all the time?

为什么不一直使用一般过去时呢？

You heard him using the past simple and past continuous.

你应该听见了，他用的是一般过去时和过去进行时。

Then we move on to the past simple; I ate chocolate.

然后是一般过去时；我吃了巧克力。

Use the past simple to talk about the action that finished in the past.

用一般过去时谈论过去完成的动作。

The past simple is the main tense.

一般过去时是主要的时态。

Don't just use the past simple tense because it's easier.

不要因为简单就总是用一般过去时。

The past simple works well when we want to list things that happened.

当我们想要列出发生的事情时，一般过去时很有用。

Events in the past perfect always take place before the past simple or past continuous.

过去完成时里的事件通常发生在一般过去时或者过去进行时之前。

Use 'do' to make negatives and questions in the present simple and the past simple.

使用“do”的一般现在时造否定句和疑问句，还有一般过去时。

Its formula is 'If' plus the past simple or continuous, and 'would' plus an infinitive verb!

它的规则是 if 从句用一般过去时或过去进行时，主句用 would 加动词原形！

The past simple becomes the past perfect and the past continuous becomes the past perfect continuous.

一般过去时变成过去完成时，过去进行时变成过去完成进行时。

The answer mentions a time — two years ago — and so you need the past simple.

答案提到了一个时间——两年前——所以你需要一般过去时。

For the events in the story we use the past simple.

对于故事中的事件，我们使用一般过去时。

In the past simple, use 'didn't' to make negatives, and 'did' to make questions.

在一般过去时中，使用“didn't”来表达否定，用“did”来提问。

In the past subjunctive, we use the past simple form, or, with be, we use were with all subjects.

在过去虚拟语气中，我们使用一般过去式，如果是 be 动词，所有的主语跟 were 连用。