Simple Past Tense - Grammar Tenses, English Grammar Basics Video Lecture | Study English Grammar - Verbal | Best Video for Verbal

simple past tense as a review the 12
verb tenses are the simple present
simple past simple future present
perfect past perfect future perfect
present progressive past progressive
future progressive present perfect
progressive past perfect progressive and
future perfect progressive this lesson
will talk about the simple past we use
simple past to talk about things that
had happened at the specific time in the
past in making a positive simple past
statement the pattern is subject plus
verb in past form examples you saw me
yesterday neck took his medicine she
gave you the book you neck and she are
the subjects in these sentences while
saw took and gave are the verbs these
follow the pattern subject plus verb the
verb saw took and gave are in the past
forms for negative sentence the
structure is subject plus did not or
didn't pass verb in base form examples
you saw me yesterday you didn't see me
yesterday
neck took his medicine neck didn't take
his medicine she gave you the book she
didn't give you the book we only insert
the words did not or didn't between the
subject and the verb but if you notice
this time the verbs in the sentences are
in their base forms not in past for the
questions the structure is
dead the subject was verb in base form
examples you saw me yesterday did you
see me yesterday
neck took his medicine did Nick take his
medicine she gave you the book did she
give you the book this time we put dead
before the sentences and the verbs are
still in their base forms for our
exercise make sentences in simple past
tense we have your positive and negative
statements and the question number one
we went to Sandra's party the negative
sentence should be we didn't go to
Sandra's party and for the question did
we go to Sandra's party the second one
the rain didn't stop this morning the
positive statement should be the rain
stopped this morning and for the
question it should be did the rain stop
this morning next did she break the vase
for the positive statement it should be
she broke the vase and for the negative
statement it should be she didn't break
the vase the next one I didn't eat
breakfast
the positive statement should be I ate
breakfast and the question is did I eat
breakfast the last one you closed the
door last night the negative sentence is
you didn't close the door last night and
the question is
did you close the door last night did
you get it right