{"id":142,"date":"2017-06-04T22:49:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2019-10-24T21:34:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T16:04:46","slug":"simple-past-tense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.examcoaching.in\/blog\/english\/tense\/simple-past-tense","title":{"rendered":"Simple Past Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple Past Tense is used to tell about an event which already occurred in the past.<\/p>\n

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Sub + past form of the verb + obj<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

Sub + did + verb + obj<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Simple Past Tense should be used in sentences which contain time words which represent the past like yesterday, last, ago, in 2009, in January, on Monday etc. Did is used in these sentences to make them negative (sentences with not) or to ask a question.<\/p>\n

We can easily identify a Simple Past Sentence by looking 2 things<\/p>\n

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  1. There won\u2019t be any auxiliary verbs in the sentence and the verb will be a past verb.<\/li>\n
  2. If you see \u2018did\u2019 as auxiliary verb in any sentence then the sentence will always be a simple past sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Simple Past Sentence is also used to say that an action is regularly performed in the past.<\/p>\n

    The words which represent habitual action which we already sow in Simple Present Tense like<\/p>\n

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    Every, always, usually, seldom, never, sometimes, often, frequently, generally, habitually, occasionally, once, twice, thrice etc.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    if seen in a sentence which represent the past then you should use the Simple Past Form.<\/p>\n

    Eg:<\/p>\n