simple past tense

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Understanding Simple Past Tense

Simple Past tense is a tense form that describes an event that occurred at a specific time in the past. The verb used in this tense should be a second verb (verb 2). Similar to the simple present tense, this form is one of the most basic tense and is often used at the time of writing or conversation in English.

Rumus Simple Past Tense
Form
Rumus Simple Past Tense
Example
Positife
(+)
· Subject + verb 2 + object
· Subject + to be (was/were) + adjective/adverb
· We attended the festival last week
· She was absent yesterday
Negatife
(-)
· Subject + did not + infinitive verb + object
· Subject + was/were + not + adjective/adverb
· We did not attend the festival last week
· She was not absent yesterday
Interrogative
(?)
· Did + subject + infinitive verb + object?
· Was/were + subject + adjective/adverb?
· Did they attend the festival last week?
· Was she absent yesterday?

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