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. :)
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