Question

Transform the following sentences as per instructions.

I. He has not arrived from America .( into Past Indefinite)​

Answer 1

Answer:

He did not arrive from America.

Answer 2

Answer:

He did not arrive from America.

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.

The verb in the sentence is ‘ate’. Its tense is ‘Past Simple’. 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?