Question

identify the tense ' he became afraid'

Answer 1

Answer:

Identify the tense 'he became afraid'

• It is a Simple Past Tense.
• 'He' is a subject here. And the main verb is 'became'. Afraid is an example of Adjective.
• In past Indefinite tense verb's past form is used as main verb. Example : past form of come is 'came'
• Structure : simple past tense : Subject + main verb - past form + object Example: He became afraid.
• Become - present form of verb
• Became - past form of verb
• Become - past participle form of verb

Answer 2

Answer:

'he became afraid' is written in Past Simple/Past Indefinite Tense.

Explanation:

Simple Past Tense is used to :

a)  talk about actions which occurred at regular intervals in the past.  

e.g. Last year I drove to Ambala once a month.

b) to talk about situations which existed for a period of time in the past.  

e.g. Thousands of years ago humans lived in caves.

c)  Talk about non-continuous actions which occurred at a definite time in the past.

e.g. India launched Mars Orbiter Mission in 2013.

Past Simple Tense form ends in ed or V2. Simple past tense form of the irregular verbs is used. We use did+V1 form in negatives and questions. For example,’ The car did not start.’ and ‘What did you tell the police?’

For questions in simple past tense we use the following structure:

Did+S+V1+O?