Past Tense

Past Tense

Defintion: Past tense is to tell the events or incidents at the past time.

Past tense is used :

• When the speaker thinks of an activity or state as occurred and complete at a specific time in the past
• For a non-fact in the present or future  time.This is traditionally called the” subjunctive mood “.

Simple Past Tense:

Formula:

 (+) Subject + verb II + complement

 (-)  Subject + did not + verb II + complement

(?)  Did + subject + verb I

The examples :

(+)  I went to Tangkiling yesterday

 (-)  I did not go anywhere last night

  (?) Did you go last week?

Adverbs used : yesterday, lat night, last week, two days ago, e few  minutes ago, last weekend, last month, last year, in 1984, etc.

The Simple Past Tense:

 Simple Past Tense is kind of tense which is used to describe an event or action that happened already in a certain time in the past.

Adverbs used: yesterday,last night ,last week,two days ago,a few minutes ago,last weekend ,last month ,last years,in 1984,etc.

Simple past for regular verbs is added by- ed to the root of a word.

Example : She worked at the office yesterday

A negation is produced by adding did not and the verb in its infinitive form.

Example : She did not work at the office yesterday.

Question sentence are started with did as in Did  she work at the office yesterday ?

Verbal

 There are two pattern of Simple Past Tense :

1(.+ ) Subject + verb II + complement

(-) Subject + did not + verb I + complement

(?) Did + subject + verb I ?

Nominal

2. ( + ) Subject + to be ( was/were ) + Object
( – ) Subject + to be ( was/were ) + Not + Object
( ? ) To be ( was/ were ) + Subject + Object ?

Past Continuonus Tense

Past Continuonus Tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an event or an action which was happening in a certain in the past.

As with the present tense,the continuous aspect that the activity is in progress ,or that it is uncompleted ,at  the specified time.

The Pattern:

( +) Subject + to be ( was/were ) + verb – ing + complement

( -) Subject + was not / were not + verb- ing + complement

( ?) Was/were + subject + verb-ing + complement ?

Past Continuonus Tense
Past Continuonus Tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an event or an action which was happening in a certain in the past.
As with the present tense,the continuous aspect that the activity is in progress ,or that it is uncompleted ,at  the specified time.

The Pattern :
( +) Subject + to be ( was/were ) + verb – ing + complement
( -) Subject + was not / were not + verb- ing + complement
( ?) Was/were + subject + verb-ing + complement ?

Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an action or an event that started in a certain time in the past and completed or finished till certain or an event that had happened before the other event or action happened.

The Pattern:
(+ )Subject + had + verb III + complement
(–)Subject + had not + verb III + complement
(?)Had + subject + verb III + complement ?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense is like the past perfect tense ,but it  expresses longer actions in the past
.

The Pattern :

( +) Subject + Had + been + verb –ing + complement

(-) Subject + Had + not + been + verb-ing + complement

(?) Had + subject + been + verb –ing + complement ?