Past Tense

November 28, 2010

Past Tense

today I'm again writing about the past tense.what one knows about the past tense?surely you have to know the horoscope of each.If you've got there is still unclear, just copy this horoscope .. hehehe

1. Simple past tense is a kind of tense which is used to describe an event or action that happened already in a certain time in past.

- The pattern :
(+) subject + verb II + complement
(-) subject + did not + verb II + complement
(?) did + subject + verb I

- The example :
(+) I went to Jakarta last week
(-) I did not go anywhere yesterday
(?) did you go last Sunday?

- Adverbs used :
Yesterday, last night, last week, two days ago, efew minutes ago, last weekend, last month, last year, in 1995, etc.

2. Past continous tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an event or an action which was happening in a certain time in the past.
- The pattern :
(+) subject + was / were + verb-ing + complement
(-) subject + wasnot / werenot + verb-ing + complement
(?) was / were + subject + verb-i

- The example :
(+) she was reading a book at eight o’cloock last night
(-) she was not reading a book at eight o’cloock last night
(?) was she reading a book at eight o’cloock last night

- Adverb used
At the time like this yesterday, at seven o’cloock last night, etc.

3. Past perfect tense is a kind of tense that is used in describe an action or an event that or finished till in a certain time in the past too, or past perpect tense in uset do express an action or an action other event action happened.
- The pattern :
(+) subject + had + verb III + complement
(-) subject + had not + verb III + complement
(?) had + subject + verb III + complement

- The examples :
(+) we had played before teacher come
(-) they nad not eaten before we came
(?) had they eaten before we got back?

- Adverb used
From 1989 to 1981, once, twice, etc.