Past Tense
While it's great to be able to express what is happening right now, a lot of times we will want to talk about what happened earlier. This is were the past tense comes into play.
As with the present tense, there is no difference between I drew and I was drawing. Both are Jag ritade.
Let's look at how we do this in Swedish.
ar-verbs
Present tense Past Tense English
pratar pratade talked, was/were talking
simmar simmade swam, was/were swimming
öppnar öppnade opened, was/were opening
If the present form is -ar, the past form is -ade. This is 100% regular. No exceptions. Remember that both forms have an a in them.
/ fluent 
/ learning 
/ fan of 
(bs/bl)