The
simple past tense
1.(+)
affirmative sentences : S+ V PAST+(O)
Examples: Lina studied english an hour ago
May parents lived here in the
1990s
2.(-)
Negative sentences : S+Did not +V base+ (O)
Examples :
Lina Did not study English an hour ago
May parents did not live here in the 1990s
3.(?) Interrogative
sentences : Did + S+V BASE+(O)+?
Examples:
Did Lina study english an hour ago?
Did
your pareents live here in the 1990s?
Sometimes
a sentences doesn’t have a verb,It has a noun ,an adjective or an adjective or
an adverb.
For this sentences
,use to be : was/were
1.(+ ) affirmative
sentences : S+was/were+N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)
Examples: Andri
was here some hours ago
Mr.tony was a teacher when he
was young
The children were students of this school
2.(-)
Negative sentences : S+was/were+Not+N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)
Examples: Andri was not here some hours ago
Mr.tony was not a teacher
when he was young
The
children were not students of this
school
3.(?) Interrogative
sentences : Was/were+ S+ +N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)
Examples: Was andri here some hours ago?
Was Mr.tony a teacher when he
was young?
Were
The children students of this school ?
Regular
verbs
In regular
verbs, the verbs end in-ed. Pay attention to the following rules.
1.verbs end
in.. -e
(add-d) >>
Ex: smile
-> smiled
Locate->located
2.consonant
+-y (change –y to-i,then add-ed>>
deny->denied
Study->studied
3.
vowel+ consonant (not –w otr y)
double the consonant ,then add-ed
rob->robbed
beg->begged
4. anything
including –w (add-ed ) >>
knock -> knocked
Borrow->borrowed
Irregular
verbs
The
verbs usually do not end in –ed
Ex:
build->built
Fly->flew
Meanwhile
there some verbs past which are similar to their verbs base.
Ex:broadcast->
broadcast
Hit->hit
The past continous tense
The sentences uses
the past continius tense. It is used:
1.To
talk about an action which was in progress at a ceratain time in the past
S+
(was/were+V-Ing+....) adv of time
Examples
: mirna was writing a novel at about 7 p.m last night
The students were having a geograpy class 11 a.m yesterday
2.To
talk aboyt two actionsa that occurred at the same time.One action began earlier
and was in progrss when the other action occurred
Example: the children were
having lunch when their
mother came home
Meaning
:the children Had lunch when their mother came home ,
Meaning
: The children had lunch,then their mother came home. A fter that,the children
probabbly still had lunch.
While/when +S1 pat continius tense +
S2+Simple past
Examples :
While I was
sleepping the phone rang
When mr.jono
was having a meeting a blast aound was heard
S1+Past continus
+when _S2+Simplepast
We was
listening to the CD when someone knocked on the door
The teacher
was explaining the lesson when the blackout happend
We can use when/while with the past continius
tense,ut we can only use when before the simple past tense
3.To talk about
two long actions that were in the progress simultaneously
Example: I
was studying, y mother was cooking
Meaning
:studying needs much time,cooking also needs much time. They are considered as
inthe same lenghth of time
While/when +S1 pat continius tense +
S2+paast continus tense
While mrs. Joe was cleaning the garden
Mr.joe was plowing his field.
While the children were practicing
singing the teenagers were preparing for a drama
