Question

simple past tense 1. the masons ........ the house 1. build ,built ,builded

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Answer 1

Answer:

The masons BUILT the house.

Answer 2

Answer:

The masons built the house.

Explanation:

• The past tense has four forms -

1. Simple Past tense
2. Past Continuous tense
3. Past Perfect tense and
4. Past Perfect Continuous tense

The simple past tense indicates

• an action completed in the past
• Eg: We visited them on Monday
• a habit in the past
• Eg: He wrote volumes of stuff for three hours everyday.

The past continuous tense indicates

• an action which continued for sometime in the past, but whose exact limits are not known
• Eg: The storm was growing stronger
• a frequently repeated or habitual action in the past
• Eg: Grandfather was continually misplacing his glasses.
• a definite future arrangement. ( intension about the future in the past )
• Eg: Garima said she would not attend the party because she was leaving for Dalhousie

When the simple past tense and past continuous tense are used together, the past continuous tense indicates a longer, ongoing action and the simple past tense indicates a new action.

Eg: When I saw her, Vishakha was making a cheese sandwich.