Underline the verb and state their tenses in the following: 1) Jack ate a mango
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Jack ate a mango.
The verb in the sentence is ‘ate’. Its tense is ‘Past Simple’. Past Simple Tense form ends in ed. 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?’
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.
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