We use past tense to talk about actions which took place in the past.  Underline the past tense [click to underline]:
We played basketball yesterday .
She visited our school last month .
I wanted to see you last week .
Learn the present and past tense of regular verbs:
 
Present tense Past tense
walk walked
play played
jump jumped
lift lifted
climb climbed
lock locked
join joined
laugh laughed
open opened
push pushed
miss missed
wait waited
wash washed
ask asked
work worked