Following are the structures of sentences in Simple Past Tense:
Simple Past Tense: – (structures)
Subject + did + verb1 +object
Subject + verb2 +object
Subject + didn’t + verb1+object
Did + subject + verb1 + object?
Didn’t + subject + verb1 +object?
Whq. + did + subject + verb1 + object?
Whq. + didn’t + subject + verb1 + object?
(I / We / You / They / These / Those / Names = did)
(He / She / It / This / That / Any name = did)
Negative = (did + not = didn’t)
Examples:-
- He promised to invite me at his wedding.
- He did promise to invite me at his wedding.
- They didn’t call me in the evening.
- We didn’t draw this picture.
- Did this plant grow in time?
- Did you shave today?
- Didn’t she prove her talent?
- Didn’t your brother light the lamp?
- Where did you sleep on Sunday night?
- When did she get rid of that habit?
- Why didn’t you think about it?
- Why didn’t you recognize him?
Important: – I told. I didn’t tell. You taught. You didn’t teach. We ran. We didn’t run.
This tense is also used for a past habit. Example =Every morning Gandhi jee went for a walk.