Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five years old and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died
The verbs "was, lived,started, wrote, died" are in the simple past tense
Regular verbs
The verbs "lived, started, died" are regular past forms. The rule is the following
Verb + ed
Examples
I played tennis with my friends yesterday
Irregular verbs
The verbs "was, wrote" are irregular past forms. "Was" is the simple past of "to be"; "wrote" is the simple past of "write"
There is no rule for these verbs. You should learn them by heart.
Remember
: didn't is the short form of did not. You can say either
I did not play basketball, or
I didn't play basketball