The Simple Past Tense

 

The simple past indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at

a particular time in the past

 

I attended the lecture yesterday

 

If a sentence contains When and has the simple past in both clauses, the

action in the when clause happens first

 

Jane stood under a tree when it began to rain

1st :the rain began. 2nd She stood under a tree

 

1

التصريف الثاني منالفعل(Form: Verb (the past form

Ex. Go- Went – Gone

Start – started - started

 

She went to the party last week

They went to the party last week

 

2

Negative :Subject + did+ not + infinitive

 

She did notgo to the party last week

Theydid notgo to the party last week



3

Interrogative: did+ subject +infinitive+(the complement)(The question mark

Did she go to the party last week?

Did they go to the party last week?

4

Uses

a

At one particular time in the past, this happen. It began and ended in the past

It rained yesterday

Tom watched television last night