PAST TENSE
THERE ARE 4 TYPES OF PAST TENSE
1. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
2. PAST CONTINOUS TENSE
3. PAST PERFECT TENSE
4. PAST PERFECT CONTINIOUS TENSE
PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
a tense expressing an action that has happened or
a state that previously existed.the story is told in the past tense.
NOTE - Adverb of time can also be at the beginning of
the sentence. Other sentences can also refer to that adverb and can use simple
past tense.
GENERAL FORM
[Sub + verb in the past form +
adverb of time]
NEGATIVE RULE
[Sub +not+ verb in the past form +
adverb of time]
INTERROGATIVE RULE
[verb in the past form +sub+adverb of time]
INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE RULE
[verb in the past form +sub+not+adverb of time]
SENTENCES OF PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
1. Two boys played with
a ball.
2. An old lady walked
with her cat.
3. A nurse brought a
little girl baby to the park.
4. An old man sat down
and read his book.
5. Michael studied hard
all year.
6. Amelia chose to stay
with her father.
7.
Mary forgot to turn off the light.
8. Last night I played
my guitar loudly and the
neighbors complained.
9.She kissed me on the cheek.
10.It rained yesterday.
PAST CONTINIOUS TENSE
The past continuous tense, also known as the past
progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at
some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the
past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb's present participle (-ing
word).
NOTE: with verbs not normally used in the continuous
form, the simple past is used.
FORMING THE PAST CONTINUOUS
The past continuous of any verb is composed of
two parts : the past tense of the verb "to be" (was/were), and the
base of the main verb +ing
How do we make the Past Continuous
tense?
The structure of the past
continuous tense is:
subject + auxiliary be + main
verb
conjugated in
Past Simple
was,
were present
participl
GENERAL FORM
[positive form+subject + BE ( was / were ) + Verb-ing]
NEGATIVE RULE
[positive form+subject +not+ BE ( was / were ) + Verb-ing]
INTERROGATIVE RULE
[BE ( was / were ) +sub+positive form+Verb-ing]
INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE RULE
[BE ( was / were ) +sub+not+positive form+Verb-ing]
SENTENCES OF PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. I was watching television when
she called me last night
2. They were drinking coffee when I arrived.
3. I was watching football match on TV when he called.
4. The eartquahe was scaring all of us.
5. We were eating when our friends showed up.
6. The plolice was chasing the man while you were talking.
7. We were going to cinema yesterday at this time.
8. John was reading an English book while Mary was watching TV.
9. What were you doing at this time yesterday?
10. You were studying chemistry all day yesterday.
PAST PERFECT TENSE
The past perfect, also called the pluperfect, is
a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point
in the past. ... The past perfect tense is for talking about something that
happened before something else. Imagine waking up one morning and stepping
outside to grab the newspaper.
GENERAL FORM
[subject + had + past participle]
NEGATIVE RULE
[subject + not + had + past participle]
INTERROGATIVE RULE
[had + sub + past participle]
INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE RULE
[had + sub + not+ past participle]
SENTENCES OF PAST PERFECT TENSE
1. Had met: She had met him before the party.
2. Had left: The plane had left by the time I
got to the airport.
3. Had written: I had written the
email before he apologized.
4. Had wanted: Kate had wanted to
see the movie, but she did not
have money for the ticket.
5. I had written articles on
various topics before he came.
6. He had read different kinds of
books before you came.
7. They had played football in
that field before it started to rain.
8. She had gone to the coffee shop
before she came home.
9. He had studied in the library
before he came to the class.
10. I came here after you had left.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
The past perfect continuous tense (also known as
the past perfect progressive tense) shows that an action that started in the
past continued up until another time in the past. The past perfect continuous
tense is constructed using had been + the verb's present participle (root +
-ing).
GENERAL FORM
[ sub + had been + the verb's present participle (root + -ing)]
NEGATIVE RULE
[sub + not + had been + the
verb's present participle (root + -ing)]
INTERROGATIVE RULE
[had been + sub + the verb's present participle (root + -ing)]
INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE RULE
[had been + sub + not + the verb's present participle (root + -ing)]
SENTENCES OF PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. He had been drinking milk out the
carton when Mom walked into the kitchen.
2. I had been working at the company
for five years when I got the promotion.
3. Martha had been walking three
miles a day before she broke her leg.
4. The program that was terminated
had been working well since 1945.
5. They had been talking for over an
hour before Tony arrived.
6. She had been working at that
company for three years when it went out of business.
7. How long had you been waiting to
get on the bus?
8. Mike wanted to sit down because
he had been standing all day at work.
9. James had been teaching at the
university for more than a year before he left for Asia.
10. Betty failed the final test because she had not been attending class.
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