English Course - Past Tense

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Talking About Past Time

1. Using Verb 2 :

   Bought, Cut, Stopped, Walked, Etc.

2. Linking Verb :

   Was and Were

Things to Remember

It Began and Ended In the Past

Past Tense

What Is Past Tense ?

​Look at the following Examples

a. Seto stayed home yesterday morning.

b. Dania took a taxi to the airport.

c. She was very young.

d. They were at home.

past form of the verbs :

• swim-swam,

• drink-drank,

• see-saw,

• write-wrote, etc

​Irregural Past Form

past form of the verbs :

• talk-talked

• look-looked,

• watch-watched,

• stay-stayed, etc

​Regular Past Form

Regular and Irregular Past Form

FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST

​STATEMENT	​[ I, You, She, He, It, We, They ] worked yesterday
​NEGATIVE	​[I, You, She, He, It, We, They ] did not work yesterday
​INTERROGATIVE	​Did [I, You, She, He, It, We, They ] work yesterday ?
​SHORT ANSWER	​Yes, [ You, She, He, It, We, They ] did. No, did not