Past Simple tense in english// Simple Past Tense Grammar.

 

Past Simple Tense

 

Use: (Condition)

1. To express an action completed in past.

(With adverb of time/ Time related word)

2. To express past habit.

 

Example:

1. She left school last year.

2. She always carried an umbrella.

 

Glance at:                                 Subject-V2-Object

Discuss:- 1.   We discussed the matter last night. 2.   We did not discuss the matter last night. 3.   Did we discuss the matter last night? 4.   Who discussed the matter last night? 5.   What did we discuss last night? 6.   Why did we discuss the matter last night? 7.   When did we discuss the matter? 8.   How did we discuss the matter? 9.   Where did we discuss the matter?

Study:- 1.   He studied many hours every day. 2.   He did not study many hours every day. 3.   Did he study many hours every day? 4.   Who studied many hours every day? 5.   What did he study many hours every day? 6.   Where did he study many hours every day? 7.   Why did he study many hours? 8.   How did he study many hours? How many hours did he study every day?

 

Exercise:

Q1/

Rewrite the sentences using past simple form of the verb given in bracket.

1.   I (play) football with my friends yesterday.

2.   They (dance) in last festival.

3.   We (feel) sorry for our biggest mistake last night.

4.   She (call) police at once after the ceremony.

5.   The army (fight) daringly against enemy during 2006 war.

6.   The doctor (not treated) the poor patient.

7.   Ramesh (not asked) any question in the event.

8.   The girls (not play) against Austrelia.

9.   My mother (not cooked) food for the guest of last night.

10.                     The poet (not recite) the poem among concert.

11.                     He (pass) last exam?

12.                     Mohan (caught) fish in pond?

13.                     Our headmaster (taught) us English today?

14.                     You (like) mathematics in standard five?

15.                     Who (kick) the ball very hard?

16.                     What Ganesh (picked) up from the floor?

17.                     Why the students (went) on strike?

18.                     Where she (found) the mistake?

19.                     How Sita (jumped) over the gate?

20.                     When the cattle (grazed) the grass in this field?   

Answers:

1.   Played, 2. Danced, 3.Felt, 4.Called, 5.Fought, 6.Did not treat, 7. Did not ask, 8. Did not play, 9. Did not cook, 10. Did not recite, 11.Did he pass, 12. Did Mohan Catch, 13. Did our headmaster teach, 14.Did you like, 15. Who kicked, 16.What did Ganesh Pick, 17. Why did the students go, 18. Where did she find, 19. How did Sita jump, 20. When did the cattle graze

 

  

Q2/

Make sentences of your own with past simple form using the verbs given below. Also change in to Negative, Yes/ No question and WH questions as many as possible.

1.   Pluck

2.   Press

3.   Bend

4.   Strike

5.   Throw

6.   Come

7.   Help

8.   Damage

9.   Paint

10.                     Sweep

Translation and Transformation: Past Simple (Odia To English)

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