Simple past tense
Simple past tense is
used when we want to talk an event that happens at one particular time in the
past.
Verbal sentence:
+
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S+V2+….
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-
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S+DID NOT+V1+…
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?
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DID+S+V1….?
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For examples:
(+) She went to market
yesterday.
(-) She did not go to market
yesterday.
(?) Did she go to
market yesterday?
Went is the past form
from go. Those are irregular verb.
In regular verb, the verb is usually ended
by –ed.
For example:
-
She cried
in her room last night.
-
They
stopped the car in front of me.
Adding –ed in
infinitive
1)
Verbs that
end –e, just add –d
e.g. hope àhoped
date à dated
2)
One
syllable verbs:
a.
With one
vowel preceded by one consonant, the consonant is doubled, then add –ed, apart
from the verbs that is ended by –w and –x are not doubled.
e.g. stop àstopped
beg
àbegged
fixàfixed
reviewàreviewed
b.
With 2
vowels, preceded by one consonant, the consonant is not doubled, just add
ending –ed.
e.g.rainàrained
3)
two
syllable verbs:
a.
with first
syllable stressed, just add –ed
e.g. listenàlistened
foldàfolded
b.
with
second syllable stressed, consonant in the end of the words are doubled
e.g. preferàpreferred
4)
verbs that
end in two consonants, just add the ending
e.g.
start àstarted
5)
verbs that
end in –y
a.
if –y is
preceded by vowel, keep the –y and add –ed.
e.g. enjoyàenjoyed
prayàprayed
b.
if –y is
preceded by consonant, change the –y to –ie, add –ed.
e.g. studyàstudied
cryàcried
6)
verbs that
end in –ie, just add –d
e.g. dieàdied
lieàlied
Nominal sentence:
+
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S+were/was+non verb+…
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-
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S+were/was not+non verb+….
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?
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Was/Were+S+non verb+…
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For example:
(+) They were here two
weeks ago.
(-) They were not here
two weeks ago.
(?) Were they two
weeks ago?
WereàYou, they, we
WasàI she, he, it
Adverb of time which
is usually used in past tense is:
-
yesterday
-
last….(last
night, last week, etc.)
-
….ago (two
weeks ago, two days ago, etc)
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