Question

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A short story using simple past tense.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Simple Past Tense

 Form

(i) The Simple Past Tense is formed by using the past tense form of the verb:

 She sang.

 The children played.

 I wrote a letter.

(ii) The negative sentences have the form ‘did not/didn’t + the main verb ’:

 She did not sing.

 The children didn’t play.

 I did not write a letter.

(iii) The interrogative sentences are formed by placing ‘did before the subject

and the base form of the verb after the subject: Did she sing?

 Did the children play?

 Did I write a letter?

(iv) The negative interrogative sentences are formed by placing ‘did’ before

the subject and not ’ before the verb:

 Did she not sing? or Didn’t she sing?

 Didn’t the children play?

Uses of the Simple Past:

The Simple Past Tense is used

(i) to indicate an action that was completed in the past. Generally the

adverbials of the past time are used:

 I went to Delhi yesterday.

 He wrote a letter to her last week.

 She met us two days ago.

(ii) sometimes without adverbials of time:

 My father congratulated me on my brilliant success.

 Our team won the match.

(iii) for an activity done in the past:

 Satish studied for three hours.

 I swam for half an hour.

 We talked for five minutes,

(iv) to express a habitual or regular action in the past:

 My father always got up at 4 a.m.

 She visited the temple every day.

 He worked in his garden every Sunday.

(v) in conditional clauses:

 If you went there, you should meet him.

 If she worked hard, she would pass.

 If he accepted my advice, he would overcome his difficulty.

(vi) in the indirect form of speech:

 He said, “I work for eight hours every day.”

He said that he worked for eight hours every day. My teacher said, “I pray to God for your success.”

My teacher said that he prayed to God for our success.