Simple Past Tense

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

 

It is used to state the activities happened in the past time in the definite time.

 

VERBAL SENTENCE (the predicate of sentence is VERB)

 

Here are the samples of sentences in the form of POSITIVE SENTENCES.

Subject	Verb 2		......
	Regular Verb	Irregular Verbs
I	went		to Americatwo last years
You	made		a good presentation in front of our clients yesterday
They		visited	their sick friend in the hospital yesterday afternoon
We	won		the football competitiontwo months ago
He		invited	me to come to his house for dinner last night
She		watched	the movie "2012" with her friends in Grand Mall 21 two weeks ago
Syam	bought		a new Mercytwo last weeks

 

In simple past tense, we must use "Verb 2". It is divided into Regular Verbs and Irregular Verbs.

Regular			Irregular (+ ed)
V1	V2	V3	V1	V2	V3
go	went	gone	visit	visited	visited
make	made	made	invite	invited	invited
buy	bought	bought	watch	watched	watched
write	wrote	written	divide	divided	divided
see	saw	seen	want	wanted	wanted
come	came	come	turn	turned	turned
etc....			etc....

Please, find other regular verbs in the dictionary.

 

Below are the samples of sentences in the form of NEGATIVE SENTENCES

Subject	didn't	Verb 1	......
	(did not)
I	didn't	go	to America two last years
You	didn't	make	a good presentation in front of our clients yesterday
They	didn't	visit	their sick friend in the hospital yesterday afternoon
We	didn't	win	the football competition two months ago
He	didn't	invite	me to come to his house for dinner last night
She	didn't	watch	the movie "2012" with her friends in Grand Mall 21 two weeks ago
Syam	didn't	buy	a new Mercy two last weeks

 

Below are the samples of sentences in the form of INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES.

Did	Subject	Verb 1	...... ?
Did	you	go	to America two last years ? Yes, I did
Did	I	make	a good presentation in front of our clients yesterday ? No, you didn't
Did	they	visit	their sick friend in the hospital yesterday afternoon ? Yes, they did
Did	we	win	the football competition two months ago ? Yes, we did
Did	he	invite	you to come to his house for dinner last night ? No, he didn't
Did	she	watch	the movie "2012" with her friends in Grand Mall 21 two weeks ago ? Yes, she did
Did	Syam	buy	a new Mercy two last weeks ? Yes, he did

 

Here are the sentences samples using the QUESTION WORDS.

QW	Did	Subject	Verb 1	...... ?
When	Did	you	go	to America ?	two last years
What	Did	I	make	in front of our clients yesterday ?	a good presentation
What	Did	they	visit	in the hospital yesterday afternoon ?	their sick friend
When	Did	we	win	the football competition ?	two months ago
What for	Did	he	invite	you to come to his house last night ?	for dinner
With who	Did	she	watch	the movie "2012" in Grand Mall 21 two weeks ago ?	with her friends
When	Did	Syam	buy	a new Mercy ?	two last weeks

 

NOMINAL SENTENCE (the predicate of sentence is not verb, but TO BE "was, were")

Here is the pattern::

I	was
You	were
They
We
He	was
She
Syam

e.g:

• Ten years ago,they were a very good team in the football

• When he was 5 years old,he was very cute.

To make negative, we just add "not" after was or were.

• Ten years ago,they were not (weren't) a very good team in the football

• When he was 5 years old,he was not (wasn't) very cute.

To make interrogative, we place "was or were" in the beginning of sentence.

• Ten years ago,were they a very good team in the football ? No, they were not.

• When he was 5 years old,was he very cute ? Yes, he was.

Notes:

• To make question using "WHO", that's so easy. In positive sentence, we just replace "the subject" with "who".

           e.g. She watched the movie "2012" in Grand Mall 21 two weeks ago. Who watched the movie "2012" in Grand Mall 21 two weeks ago ?