Before we start learning this first we should know that in english grammar we have 12 tenses like:
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Future Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
What is Past?
First we should know the meaning of past - "The time before the present is called past "
For Ex: someone asks me "Mr Naveed what time is it" so i say - its 2:30pm
so this is present because this is the current time and if i say 2:29pm so this is past
because this was the time before the presentStill confuse don't worry take one more example - Lets say today is my birthday and people are coming to my home
and one of them asked me "Mr.Naveed how old are you now?"so i say 20 years - so this present because right iam 20 years old
but i was 19 years old before this time in english grammar we called
it past ok!!!
What is Past Tense?
So i hope now you have understood what is the meaning of past so let's understand
what is past tense for which you are here. It is one the of 12 tenses and it the Usage / Definition is
"An Action Which Happened In The Past"
Defintion | Usage:
Usage / Definition - Explanation: "An Action Which Happened In The Past" - For Example: "She ate an ice-cream" - let's say she went with her friends for a shopping and after coming form the shopping they decided to take ice-cream so she and her firends ate ice-cream and now they are at home - so in this story we are showing that the action of eating ice-cream is not happening
right now this action happened in the past so whenever we need to show any action which
happened in past we use past tense
Past Tense : Formula
Till now we have understood the usage or the defintion. now we should understand how to make example sentences to do that we need to see the structure of making examples which is
Subject:
Definition : Who or What Performs The Action. It Can Be (He , She , it , They , You , We) or Anyname - For Example: - He, Naveed, Computer, English
Verb:
Definition: "A Word Which Shows An Action Is Called Verb" - Ex: (Dance , Read , Listen , do)Kinds of Verbs: We have four kinds in verbs
Verb (1) First - form
Verb (2) Second - form
Verb (3) Third - form
Verb (4) Fourth - form
We are learning about verbs form because in past tense we have to use verb 2 form . keep that in your mind every tense has its own verb form
let say if you are using present continuous tense then you will have to use verb 4 form please don't be confuse you
just need to know which tense use which verb form then just use it
Verb (1st Form ) - Eat
Verb (2nd Form) - Ate
Verb (3rd Form) - Eaten
Verb (4th Form) - Eating
For Ex:
Simple Sentence - I eat dinner but because according to the strucutre we have to use - Verb (2nd Form) - then the new sentence will be -
"I ate dinner"
Object:
In easy words object gives us the full meaning of a sentence Example: He played - in this sentence we don't know what did he play? either football , cricket - this sentence is without object - now another Example with object - Example No 2 : "He Played football" - this sentence Is with object Means (He is a Subject , Played is a ->Verb , Football is an ->Object) and because we have the object (which is Football) giving us the full meaning and sense - now we know he played football not cricket or anyother game
Past Tense | Sentences
We have five (5) types of sentences
Simple / Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Interro negative
Wh Questions
1) Affirmative Sentences
Simple or Affirmative Sentences are those sentences in which we don't deny or ask question means they are totally simple - Ex: I ate eggs - this is the very simple why because - in this sentence iam not denying or asking question Note: Because we are using past tense therefore we will use (2-form Verb) (for example - "He eat" - Will become - "He ate" )
Affirmative Sentences - Formula:
Subject + 2nd form of Verb + object
Subject = Means Who or what perform the action
Verb = A word which is used to indicate the act is called verb
Object = It gives us the full meaning of a sentence
Examples Sentences:
I went to School
She ate ice-cream
We finished his Home work
He attended the English Language Class
He Took Dinner
She completed her work
They came here
You played football
He cooked Food
They Played football
She made cake
He learned English
They started Generator
She made changes
I repaired L.C.D
I made Tutorials
They implemented rules
We took medicine
She understood the World
He cooked Food
We helped poor
They fought with enemies
She called them
She used make-up
He cleaned Room
We celebrated independence Day
We went to take him
They bought Milk
He took Chicken Every Day
He earned money
It installed windows
They recorded voice
She operated Computer
I drank Water
He listened Songs
I ate Ice-Cream
They bought Laptops
They caught Fishes
She killed mosquitoes
He loved Bodybuilding
They published my Designs
He started new Business
He ruled the country
They showed aeroplanes
She stole Petrol
2) Past Tense - Negative / Say No
We use Negative when we want to deny / or when we are not agreeing with someone and to do this we use two additional words which are - "Not + Helping Verb"How To Make Negative Sentence Rules | Explanation:
Not - (Not Means - No)
"Did" Is The Helping Verb - We have Did as the helping verb in past tense -
may be you are asking yourself why do we need (Helping Verb like "Did") when we can only use the word (not)
when are not agreeing well the answer is very simple - as you know in english grammar we have many structures
so how will a person understand which tense are you using. in order to make this confusion clear
every tense has its own helping verb so that a person can understand oh this tense you are using ok!!
Verb 2nd form - Becomes - Verb 1st form : Please Keep that in your mind that verb 2nd form become verb 1st form
in negative For Ex: I ate eggs - but in negative it will be - I did not eat eggs
Formula of Negative:
Sub + Did + Not + V1 + Object
Subject = Means Who or what perform the action
Verb = A word which is used to indicate the act is called verb
Object = Object is noun or pronoun and tell the meaning of preposition
Not = By the word we can understand the word "Not" is for when not agree
Did = This is the helping verb to tell specifically this is the negative of past
Negative Examples
I did not go to School
We did not finish his work
He did not attend the English Language Class
He did not Take Dinner
She did not complete her work
They did not come here
You did not play football
He did not cook Food
She did not make cake
He did not learn English
They did not start Generator
She did not make changes
I did not repair L.C.D
I did not make Tutorials
They did not implement rules
We did not take medicine
She did not understand the World
We did not help poor
They did not fight with enemies
She did not call them
She did not use make-up
He did not clean Room
We did not celebrate independence Day
They did not buy a Milk
He did not take Chicken Every Day
He did not earn money
It did not install windows
They did not record voice
She did not operate Computer
I did not drink Water
He did not listen Songs
He did not love Bodybuilding
They did not publish my Designs
He did not start new Business
He did not rule the country
They did not show aeroplanes
She did not steal Petrol
3) Past Tense / Interrogative
We use Interrogative for asking question. in order to do that just put the helping verbs at the beginning of a sentence and the end put question mark?
Formula of Interrogative:
Did + Sub + not + v1 + Object?
Subject = Means Who or what perform the action
Verb = A word which is used to indicate the act is called verb
Object = Object is noun or pronoun and tell the meaning of preposition
Question Mark? = We put question mark? at the end of every Interrogative sentence so that it looks like it is Question
Examples Sentences
Did He Speak English?
Did They come late?
Did She Complete her Work?
Did He Write a letter?
Did He learn Auto-Cad?
Did It Connect??
Did She speak English?
Did They reject us?
Did They buy Laptops?
Did He eat ice-cream?
Did He tell a lie?
Did He listen Songs?
Did He copy form us?
Did He wear jeans?
Did He take a lot of water?
Did She Operate Computer?
Did She Talk with him?
Did It take time?
Did We eat Eggs?
Did They open this Shop?
Did They record voice?
Did It install Windows?
Did She cook Food?
Did He make Cake?
Did They build giant buildings?
Did She stop us?
Did It kill mosquitoes?
Did He earn money?
Did They come to me?
Did They deal in Electronics?
Did He work in Office?
Did She take an interview?
Did He catch fish?
Did They love each other?
Did He scold them?
Did He complete his Work?
Did Water boil at 100'C?
Did He think bad about you?
Did He take 2 Kg Chicken every day?
Did He cut hair?
Did He smoke ?
Did They buy milk?
4) Past Tense / Interro-Negative
Interro-Negative is the combination of two structures first Interrogative Second Negative we use it when we want to ask both at the same time
Formula of Interro-Negative:
Did + Sub + not + v1 + Object?
Subject = Means Who or what perform the action
Verb = A word which is used to indicate the act is called verb
Object = Object is noun or pronoun and tell the meaning of preposition
Did = This is the helping verb to tell specifically this is the negative of past
Question Mark? = We put question mark? at the end of every Interrogative sentence so that it looks like it is Question
Interrogative - Negative Exercise
Did He not Speak English?
Did They not come late?
Did She not Complete her Work?
Did He not Write a letter?
Did He not learn Auto-Cad?
Did It not Connect??
Did She not speak English?
Did They not reject us?
Did They not buy Laptops?
Did He not eat ice-cream?
Did He not tell a lie?
Did He not listen Songs?
Did He not copy form us?
Did He not wear jeans?
Did He not take a lot of water?
Did She not Operate Computer?
Did She not Talk with him?
Did It not take time?
Did We not eat Eggs?
Did They not open this Shop?
Did They not record voice?
Did It not install Windows?
Did She not cook Food?
Did He not make Cake?
Did They not build giant buildings?
Did She not stop us?
Did It not kill mosquitoes?
Did He not earn money?
Did They not come to me?
Did They not deal in Electronics?
Did He not work in Office?
Did She not take an interview?
Did He not catch fishes?
Did They not love each other?
Did He not scold them?
Did He not complete his Work?
Did Water not boil at 100'C?
Did Water not make our Skin good?
Did He not think bad about you?
Did He not cut hair?
Did He not smoke ?
Did They not buy milk?
Conclusion:
So we have finished learning what is past tense. i tired my level best to teach you. i hope you have understood but still you any problem understanding it so please contact us Thank you..