Simple Past Tenses

Marks:- 10+5+5

Name of student: Subhendu Pal

Faculty Name:  Suchitra Bhatt

Roll No: 1503

Date: 10-02-2018

Session Name: Simple Past Tenses

Simple Past Tenses:-

With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding -ed:

call >> called; like >> liked; want >> wanted; work >> worked

But there are a lot of irregular past tenses in English.

Use:-

We use the past tense to talk about:

• something that happened once in the past:

I met my wife in 1983.
We went to Spain for our holidays.
They got home very late last night.

• something that happened again and again in the past:

When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day.
We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

• something that was true for some time in the past:

I lived abroad for ten years.
He enjoyed being a student.
She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.

• we often use phrases with ago with the past tense:

I met my wife a long time ago.
Questions and negative:-

We use did to make questions with the past tense:

When did you meet your wife?
Where did you go for your holidays?
Did she play tennis when she was younger?
Did you live abroad?

Fill in the blank using was/ware.

1. I was in Canberra last spring.
2.  We ware at school last Saturday.
3. He was happy.