Disha NEET Physics Guide for classes 11 and 12.pdf
Simple past tense
1. SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
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2. MEANING
Simple Past Tense
Tense that used for showing the activities and occasions that happened in
the past.
3. FORMULAE
Active : ( + ) S + V II + O + Comp
( - ) S + did not + V I + O + Comp
( ? ) Did + S + V I + O + Comp ?
Passive : ( + ) S + was/were + V III + O + Comp
( - ) S + was/were not + V III + O + Comp
( ? ) Was/were + S + V III + O + Comp ?
4. EXPLANATION
There are 2 kinds of subjection in the Simple Past Tense :
Subject as the doer (for active form)
Subject as the receiver (for passive form)
There are 2 to-bes in the Simple Past Tense for the passive form :
Was I, She, He, It, & Singular Pronoun
Were You, We, They, & Plural Pronoun
5. EXPLANATION
There are 2 complements in the Simple Past Tense :
Complements of place (School, house, beach, etc)
Complements of time (yesterday, last week, 2 months ago, etc)
6. EXAMPLES (SENTENCE)
(She) do (it)
Active : ( + ) She did it in her house yesterday
( - ) She did not do in in her house yesterday
( ? ) Did she do it in her house yesterday ?
Passive : ( + ) It was done by her in her house yesterday
( - ) It was not done by her in her house yesterday
( ? ) Was it done by her in her house yesterday ?