SIMPLE PASTTENSE

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MEANING

Simple Past Tense Tense that used for showing the activities and

occasions that happened in the past.

FORMULAE

Active : ( + ) S + V II + O + Comp

( - ) S + did not + V I + O + Comp

( ? ) Did + S + V I + O + Comp ?

Passive : ( + ) S + was/were + V III + O + Comp

( - ) S + was/were not + V III + O + Comp

( ? ) Was/were + S + V III + O + Comp ?

EXPLANATION

There are 2 kinds of subjection in the Simple Past Tense : Subject as the doer (for active form) Subject as the receiver (for passive form)

There are 2 to-bes in the Simple Past Tense for the passive form :

Was I, She, He, It, & Singular Pronoun Were You, We, They, & Plural Pronoun

EXPLANATION

There are 2 complements in the Simple Past Tense : Complements of place (School, house, beach, etc) Complements of time (yesterday, last week, 2 months ago,

etc)

EXAMPLES (SENTENCE)

(She) do (it)

Active : ( + ) She did it in her house yesterday

( - ) She did not do in in her house yesterday

( ? ) Did she do it in her house yesterday ?

Passive : ( + ) It was done by her in her house yesterday

( - ) It was not done by her in her house yesterday

( ? ) Was it done by her in her house yesterday ?

EXAMPLE (DIALOGUE)

Hey Patrick, I called you

yesterday, but there was no one answered. Where

did you go ?

Hey Spongebob. I went to the

beach with my big family.

Wow, that must be so exciting.

What did you do ?

We swam, played with the sand, and ate the barbeque

Wow, that sounds great!

THANK YOU FORYOUR KIND ATTENTION