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 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 ?
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