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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ENGLISH STRUCTURE QUESTIONS:
[1] Academic Words Questions 1 - 50
[2] Academic Words Answers 1 - 50
[3] Adjective Questions 1 – 50
[5] Adjective Questions 51 – 100
[6] Adjective Answers 51 - 100
[11] Conjunction Questions 1 – 50
[12] Conjunction Answers 1 – 50
[13] Vocabulary Questions 1 - 50
[14] Vocabulary Answers 1 - 50
[15] Vocabulary Questions 51 - 100
[16] Vocabulary Answers 51 - 100
[17] English Grammar questions
[18] 51-100 General Grammar Questions
[19] 51-100 General Grammar Answers
[20] 1-50 General Concessions Questions
[21] 1-50 General Concessions Answers
[22] 1-50 General Sentence Structure Questions
[23] 1-50 General Sentence Structure Answers
[24] 1-50 General Tense Questions
[25] 1-50 General Tense Answers
[26] 1-50 General Literature Questions
[27] 1-50 General Literature Answers
[28] 1-50 General Grammar Questions
[29] 1-50 General Grammar Answers
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