4 BEST WAYS TO LEARN SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN ENGLISH

MEANINGS, RULES AND EXAMPLES

MEANING 

A sentence in the Simple Past form describes an event that occurred in the past.

RULE AND EXAMPLES

The Sentence structure: Subject + verb in past form.

A. Positive Sentences 

Sentence structure: Subject + verb in past form:

Examples of sentences:

• I washed my clothes

• She cooked ugali yesterday

• They played football

B. Negative sentences

Sentence structure: Subject + did + not + base form of the verb:

Examples of sentences:

• I did not wash my clothes

• She did not cook ugali yesterday

• They did not play football

C. Interrogative sentences

Sentence structure: Did + subject + base form of verb:

Examples of sentences:

• Did I wash my clothes?

• Did she cook ugali yesterday?

• Did they play football?

D. Negative Interrogative sentences

Sentence structure: Didn't + subject + base form of verb + Question mark (?):

Examples of sentences:

• Didn't I wash my clothes?

• Didn't she cook ugali yesterday?

• Didn't they play football?

Note: In interrogative and negative sentences, the verb retains the same base form and the past is introduced by the past form of the auxiliary verb 'did'.

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