PAST TENSE

Past tense is used to express past action when a definite point of time in the past is given, a past habit, and in conditional sentence.

Verb from

            Ø Auxiliary

-          did

Ø Veb past

-          saw

-          read

-          ate

-          came

Time exspression:

-          yesterday

-          last night

-          last week

-          a week ago

-          three years ago

-          the day before yesterday

 Example:

·         Declarative sentences

-          Pattern:

1) Affirmative

    Subject + Verb past + Object + Complement

~ She ate a burger yesterday.

~ I read the Twilight Novel last night.

~ He came here last week.

                  2) Negative

                      Subject + did + not + verb infinitive + Object + Complement

                      ~ She did not eat a burger yesterday.

                    ~ I did not read the Twilight Novel last night.

                    ~ He did not come here last week.

                    3) Introgative

                         § Pattern:

                        a) Yes/No Question

                          Did + Subject + Infinitive + Object + Complement

                        ~ Did you eat a burger yesterday?

                        ~ Did you read the Twilight Novel last night?

                        ~ Did he came here last week?

                        b) Informative Question

                           Wh- + Did + Subject + Infinitive + Object + complemnt

                        ~ What did she eat yesterday?

                        ~ What did you read last night?

                        ~ Where he came last week?

 

Guys .. I hope you all have to understand what it is past tense sentence, and when you will use the phrase. :)