Simple past Tense

Simple past Tense

Simple past tense is used for an action which took place in the past time ,and its completed action

Form: subject+main verb past+object

Sign: did, state of being (was ,were)

I, He, She,It(was)

We, You, They(were)

It was  fine day (state of being) 

And verb becomes  present

Eg: I was student (state of being)

He was soldier (state of being )

In the interrogative we use (did)

As: did you  go to school?

In the negative we use (did not)

As: He didn’t see her

In the simple past tense the verbs are divided by two ;

One: Regular Verbs: there are verb that is make  their past and past participle  by adding (d)or (ed)

Example : cook =cooked , play=played

Two: irregular verbs : they are the verbs  that make their past or past participle by changing it is

Example :go-went –gone 

Some examples of simple past tense

1.      He taught me  holly quran

2.      I wrote a latter to him

3.      We heard  the news  from  radio

4.      We took an ablution  and went to mosque