Simple Past Tense

Form:

Positive           :  S + V2* + O + Last night/Two days a go/Yesterday*

Negative         :  S + Did + Not + V1 + O + Last night/Two days a go/Yesterday*

                                 ( didn't )

Interrogative   :  Did + S + V1 + O + Last night/Two days a go/Yesterday*?

Usage:

The simple past tense indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at particular time in the past.

     Example:

• I travelled to Madrid last year
• They did not (didn't) go to work two days a go
• She saw a nice movie yesterday afternoon.
• I cleaned my car last friday.
• Did you talk to your classmates last night?

Wh - questions:

    What/When/Where/Who/Why/Which/Whom/How + Did + S + V1 + O?

     Example :

    1. A: What did you do last night?
        B: I went to a bookstore and bought some boooks

    2. A: Who did you go with?
        B: I went there a lone

    3. A: Why did you buy the books?
        B: I bought them because I need them for my paper.

   4. A: Which bookstore did you go to?
       B: I went to James Bookstore

   5. A: How did you go there?
       B: I went there by motorcycle


(*) Adverb of Times with:

• Last....       :  Last night, Last week, Last month, Last year, Last Monday and others
• ....ago         : two days ago, a year ago, two hours ago. But, not Sunday ago or Friday ago.
• Yesterday..:  Yesterday morning, Yesterday afternoon. But, not Yesterday night (yesterday night is  Last night)

(*)V2 : Verb 2 (Regular and Irregular verbs)

• Regular Verbs

           Verb1                             Verb 2

           Play                                Played
           Watch                            Watched
           Listen                              Listened
           Answer                           Answered
           Respond                         Responded 
    
           For complete list of regular verb, click here

• Irregular Verbs.

          Verb 1                              Verb2

           Go                                    Went
           See                                    Saw
           Eat                                     Ate
           Drink                                 Drank

          For complete list of irregular verb, click here.

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