Simple Past Tense: Actions and Past States
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The simple past places events and conditions in finished time before the present moment. You use it for single completed actions, ordered steps, or conditions that existed in the past. It shows that the action finished at a specific time, even when that time is understood from context rather than stated directly.
I arrived at the cooking studio ten minutes late because my bus stopped unexpectedly.