SIMPLE PAST TENSE


Simple past Tense is used to express events that have occurred at a certain time in the past. events can be short or long. Means it can also be a number of events occurring one by one. In general, there are two important facts that need to be remembered in this English tenses :
-          Irregular Verbs
-          Negative sentences and questions are not like positive sentences but maintain the basic form of the verb

Use
1. Past events that have been completed (for example: I went to school)
2. The situation in the past (they lived a normal life until they won a lottery)
3. A series of actions in the past

Formula
Positive (+)
- Subject + to be (was / were) + complement
- Subject + verb 2 + object
Negative (-)
- Subject + to be (was / were) + not + complement
- Subject + did not + verb 1 + object
Tanya (?)
- Did + subject + verb 1 + object?

Example of Simple Past Tense:
(+) He was a businessman in 1999
(+) I sell these motorcycles in Surabaya
(-) She did not visit me yesterday
(-) Did you play football yesterday?

The adverb of time is commonly used in simple past tense: Yesterday (yesterday, the other day), just now, the day before yesterday (the day before yesterday), etc

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