SIMPLE PAST TENSES

By : Maya Nopita Sari

Definition of Simple Past Tense is the tense used to express an action or activity that happened in the past and the time of. occurrence of the event is known

How do we form the simple past tense?

English has two types of verbs in the past:

-regular

-irregular

Let’s read the following list of past tense verbs….. Which are regular and which are irregular?

walked regularstudied regulartaught irregulargave irregularbecame irregularcried regularlived regulardid irregular

Regular verbs are verbs that end with -ed

Simple form verbs:

walk

study

cry

live

Past tense verbs:

walked

studied

cried

lived

(+) SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECTHE BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES YESTERDAY.

(-)SUBJECT + DID NOT (DIDN'T) + VERB 1 + OBJECTHE DIDN'T BUY A PAIR OF SHOES YESTERDAY

(?)DID + SUBJECT + VERB 1 + OBJECT ?DID HE BUY A PAIR OF SHOES YESTERDAY?ANSWER : YES HE DID, OR, NO HE DID NOT (DIDN'T)

FORMULA OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE :

Example :

Once upon a time a mouse, a bird and a sausage form a partnership. They keep house together, and for a long time they live in peace and prosperity. The bird’s task was to fly into the forest every day to fetch wood. The mouse carry water, make the fire, and set the table. The sausage did the cooking.

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