Question

you tried to kill him. identify the tense​

Answer 1

Answer:

it is simple past tense ...

Answer 2

The tense of the given sentence is simple past tense.

• One of the general pattern of the simple past tense is -

Subject + V2 + rest of the sentence

• The above mentioned pattern is totally applicable to the given sentence in the following way -

Here,

• You = Subject, Tried = V2 , to kill him = rest of the sentence.
• This implies that the simple past tense pattern is applied for the given sentence, and hence the given sentence is of simple past tense.