Let’s look at some forms of the past tense:
Regular verbs:
Present: Jump
Past: Jumped
Present: Paint
Past: Painted
Present: Cough
Past: Coughed
Irregular verbs:
Present: Go
Past: Went
Present: Do
Past: Did
Present: Have
Past: Had
The past tense ordinary form is commonly used in storytelling and historical contexts to describe actions and events that took place in the past, as well as in conversations to talk about completed actions.