Sabtu, 24 November 2012

The simple past tense

The simple past tense

1.(+) affirmative sentences : S+ V PAST+(O)
Examples:  Lina studied english an hour ago
                  May parents lived here in the 1990s
2.(-) Negative sentences : S+Did not +V base+ (O)
Examples : Lina Did not study English an hour ago
                  May parents did not live here in the 1990s
3.(?) Interrogative sentences : Did + S+V BASE+(O)+?
Examples: Did Lina study english an hour ago?
                  Did your pareents live here in the 1990s?

Sometimes a sentences doesn’t have a verb,It has a noun ,an adjective or an adjective or an adverb.

For this sentences ,use to be : was/were
1.(+ ) affirmative sentences : S+was/were+N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)
Examples: Andri was here some hours ago
                 Mr.tony was a teacher when he was young
                 The children were students of this school
2.(-) Negative sentences : S+was/were+Not+N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)
 Examples: Andri was not here some hours ago
                  Mr.tony was not a teacher when he was young
                   The children were not  students of this school
3.(?) Interrogative sentences : Was/were+ S+ +N/Adj/adv.+ (adv. Of time)
Examples: Was  andri here some hours ago?
                 Was Mr.tony a teacher when he was young?

                 Were The children students of this school ?
Regular verbs
In regular verbs, the verbs end in-ed. Pay attention to the following rules.

1.verbs end in.. -e (add-d) >>
Ex: smile -> smiled 
      Locate->located

2.consonant +-y (change –y to-i,then add-ed>> deny->denied
                                                                        Study->studied

3. vowel+ consonant (not –w otr y) double the consonant ,then add-ed
rob->robbed
beg->begged

4. anything including –w (add-ed ) >> knock -> knocked
                                                          Borrow->borrowed
Irregular verbs 

The verbs usually do not end in –ed
Ex: build->built
       Fly->flew
Meanwhile there some verbs past which are similar to their verbs base.
Ex:broadcast-> broadcast
      Hit->hit
            


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