PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
(Active Voice)
Past Indefinite Tense is used to denote an action completed in the past or a past habit.
This tense is used:
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- To describe any action, done in the past.
- The hunter killed two lions.
- I received her letter yesterday.
- To describe some habitual action of past.
- I took exercise daily.
- I used to take
- To describe the work, which was continued in the past?
- He worked while I played,
- In the conditional sentences.
- If you had worked hard, you would have passed the examination.
- Would/used to (for habitual past or past habit)
- He would (used to) bath in the river every day.
- Ali would (used to) play cricket every afternoon.
- To stress on any action put did after subject.
- He did speak the truth.
- The word (used to) use as verb after subject+ 1st form of verb as;
- They used to play
- They did not use to play together
- Did they use to play together?
- To describe any action, done in the past.
Affirmative Sentences
Subject + 2nd form of verb + Object
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- They built the house last year.
- She tore a piece of paper from the note-book.
- He went to school on foot.
- You broke the glass.
- I learnt my lesson.
- They helped you.
- We bought a book.
Interrogative Sentences
Subject + did not + 1st form of verb + Object
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- Did you do that?
- Did he learn his lesson?
- Did the peon ring the bell?
- Did she give you my pen last evening?
- Did they play in the last match?
Negative Sentences
Subject + did not + 1st form of verb + Object
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- She did not attend the meeting last night.
- The children did not take tea in the morning.
- You did not catch the ball.
- I did not take.
- We did not beat.
- They did not work.
- Stamina did not cook.
Interrogative & Negative Sentences
Did + Subject + not + 1st form of verb + Object +?
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- Did I not give you a book?
- Did you not pluck a flower?
- Did Hamid not buy a book?
- Did he not obey his parents?
- Did people not protest against this law?
Affirmative Sentences | Interrogative Sentences | Negative Sentences |
He went to school.
You solved the question. I bought a camera. We crossed the river. They stopped the car. They gave us a gift. People caught the thief. |
Did he go to school?
Did you solve the question? Did I buy a camera? Did we cross the river? Did they stop the car? Did they give us a gift? Did people catch the thief? |
He did not go to school.
You did not solve the question. I did not buy a camera. We did not cross the river. They did not stop the car. They did not give us the car. People did not catch the thief |