Simple Past Tense

Past Tense:

Past Tense
Simple Past Tense	Past Continuous Tense	Past Perfect Tense

Simple Past Tense: The simple past tense is used to denote an action which was completed in the past.

Simple Past = use of V2

Simple Past Tense
	Singular	Plural
First Person	I ate	We ate
Second Person	You ate	You ate
Third Person	He ate	They ate
	She ate
	It ate

Rules: 

• With most verbs, the simple past is created simply by adding “ed “.

Example: 

1. Play – Played
2. Look – Looked

• If a regular verb ends with “ e “ add only “ d “ for both the past tense and past participle.

Example:

1. Like – Liked
2. Live – Lived

• For short, one-syllable verbs that end with consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC), we must double the last consonant and then add “ed “.

Example:

1. Stop – Stopped
2. Rub – Rubbed

• When a verb ends with “ y “ and there is a consonant before it, the “ y “ changes into “ i “ then the letter “ ed “ is added.

Example:

1. Cry – Cried
2. Study – Studied

• When a verb ends with “y “, and there is a vowel before it, we simply add the letter “ed “ to the verb.

Example:

1. Play – Played

Formula:

Positive: Subject + V2 + object

Negative: Subject + did + not + V1 + object

Interrogative: Did + subject + V1 + object

Nag. Int.: Did + not + subject + V1 + object

Key words:

 

Last night, yesterday, day before yesterday, Last time, Last year, Last month, Last week.

Example:

1. I ate mango.
2. He come to India.

Example:

पूजाने अपने पुराने दोस्तों को याद किया ।

Positive: Pooja remembered her old friends.

Negative: Pooja didn’t remember her old friends.

Interrogative: Did Pooja remember her old friends?

Neg. Int.: Didn’t Pooja remember her old friend?

भास्करने पिछले हफ्ते अपनी दूकान का उद्घाटन किया ।

Positive: Bhaskar inaugurated his shop last week.

Negative: Bhaskar didn’t inaugurate his shop last week.

Interrogative: Did Bhaskar inaugurate his shop last week?

Neg. Int.: Didn’t Bhaskar inaugurate his shop last week?

पिछले महीने भारत मेच जीत गया था ।

Positive: India won the match last month.

Negative: India didn’t win the match last month.

Interrogative: Did India win the match last month?

Neg. Int.: Didn’t India win the match last month?