They're the same thing - the 'simple' is usually just missed out.
Other forms of the past tense are:
What is your question?Are you asking what is the simple past tense of "pay"?Paid is the simple past tense of pay, as there is no simple past tense of of paid. Paid is already past tense.
The simple past tense is had.
The simple past tense of 'be' is 'was' and 'were'
The simple past tense of forgive is forgave.
The simple past tense of arise is arose.
Past simple and simple past are both the same thing. They are both the past tense of a verb.
"Gone" is the past participle of "go" and "went" is the simple past tense of the same verb.
Do is present tense, Does is past tense.
The tense: Fall (present, base form) Fell (simple past) Fallen (past participle)
In grammar simple means one verb. There are two tenses with one main verb -- past simple and present simple.Past simple -- I ate the cake. -- the verb ate is in past tense.Present simple -- I like cake. -- the verb like is in present tense.
What is your question?Are you asking what is the simple past tense of "pay"?Paid is the simple past tense of pay, as there is no simple past tense of of paid. Paid is already past tense.
The simple past tense of have is had.
There is no difference. Gave is past tense. The auxiliary verb do has only the present and past forms, do (does) and did. Did is past tense. Who gave and who did give are both past tense.
Were is a verb, used in one of five ways:Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be.We're is a contraction formed by the two words weand are.
The word simple is used to describe tenses that have only one verb. eg past simple or present simple.Perfect is used to describe an action that is completed/finished. eg present perfect or past perfect
The simple past tense of 'am' is 'was' or 'were'
The simple past tense is had.