It is used to express an action that happened or
completed in past, usually a very little time before speaking, or action which
is just completed. Time of action is not specified in terms of long time ago or
short ago but it make a sense that the action has done a little time ago. For
example, a person says, “I watched a movie”, it means the speaker of this
sentence watched a movie a little time ago or little time ago in the same day.
Rules:2nd form of verb
(past simple) is used as main verb in the positive sentences and base form is
used in negative and interrogative sentences.
Sentence Structure
Positive Sentence
• Subject + main verb
(past simple) + object
• Subject + 2nd form
of verb (past simple) + object
Examples
I killed a snake
He ate a mango.
Negative sentences
• Subject + (auxiliary
verb + not) main verb (base form) + object
• Subject + did
not + 1st form of verb or base form + object
In negative sentence “did not” is written and the 1st
form of verb (base verb) is used instead of using 2nd form (or past simple
verb).
Examples.
I did not kill
a snake
He did not eat
a mango
Interrogative
sentences
• Auxiliary verb + subject
+ main verb (base verb) + object
• Did + subject + 1st form
of verb (or base verb) + object
Interrogative sentence starts with “did” and the 1st form
of verb (base verb) is used instead of using 2nd form (or past simple verb).
Examples
Did I kill a snake?
Did he eat a mango?
Examples
Negative sentences
He gave
me a gift
They went
to cinema.
She wrote
a letter to him.
I made a
table.
You
answered correctly.
Negative sentences
He did
not give me a gift
They did
not go to cinema.
She did
not write a letter to him.
I did not
make a table.
You did
not answer correctly.
Interrogative
sentences
Did he give me
a gift?
Did they go to
cinema?
Did she write a
letter to him?
Did I make a
table?
Did you answer
correctly?
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