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เทคนิคการใช้ Past Tense ในการเล่าเรื่อง
เทคนิคการใช้ Past Tense ในการเล่าเรื่อง
Past Tense คือ รู ปแบบของคำกริ ยาที่แสดงถึงเหตุการณ์หรื อการกระทำที่เกิดขึ ้นในอดีต แบ่งออกได้ เป็ น 4 รู ปแบบ ได้ แก่
1. Past Simple โดยมีโครงสร้ างรู ปแบบคือ Subject + Verb 2 หรื อ Verb เติม ed
4. Past Perfect Continuous โดยมีโครงสร้ างรู ปแบบคือ Subject + had + been + Verb (ing)
yesterday (เมื่อวานนี)้
ตัวอย่ างประโยค
I went to church yesterday. (ฉันไปโบสถ์เมื่อวานนี)้
Past Tense
The past tense is one of three general English grammatical tenses whose
function is to place an action or event in the past. All of the past tenses are
really important to know. Without knowing them, you will not be fully
prepared to understand sentences and you might misuse words. We begin
this section with the four main tenses. These are:
Some of these tenses use auxiliary verbs and some of them use past tense
verb forms. Fortunately, one past tense is used more than others – it is the
most important one: the past simple. Without knowing the past simple, you
will not be able to understand most sentences.
We use past tenses generally to talk about some events in the past.
Past tenses are very commonly used to talk about present or future situations.
Wishes
These tenses are also used to wish for something. In these situations, we also
refer to the future.
Conditions
These tenses can also describe some kind of conditions.
Past tenses are also very often used to speak politely to someone.
Example:
In this tense we always use the verb in its irregular form (2nd form/past tense
form). If the verb is not in its irregular form, we simply add the suffix –ed to
the base form of the verb (to the infinitive form).
Negative
To construct a negative sentence, we add the auxiliary verb „not“ right after
the verb „did“. The verb „did“ is used before the main verb in its infinitive
form and indicates that it is the past simple tense. „Did“ is the irregular past
tense form of the verb „do“.
When we use the auxiliary verb „did“, we do not add any suffixes to the main
verb, nor do we use irregular verbs. When constructing negative sentences
and questions in the past simple, we always use the main verb in its base form
(infinitive form).
Example:
Questions
Example
In the past simple, we often use adverbs ending with the word „ago“: a week
ago, three days ago, two years ago, etc., adverbs starting with the word „last“:
last week, last year, last month, last three days, last Monday, or other basic
adverbs like yesterday, a few days ago, and many others.
Example:
In this tense we always use the verb in its irregular form (2nd form/past tense
form). If the verb is not in its irregular form, we simply add the suffix –ed to
the base form of the verb (to the infinitive form).
Negative
To construct a negative sentence, we add the auxiliary verb „not“ right after
the verb „did“. The verb „did“ is used before the main verb in its infinitive
form and indicates that it is the past simple tense. „Did“ is the irregular past
tense form of the verb „do“.
When we use the auxiliary verb „did“, we do not add any suffixes to the main
verb, nor do we use irregular verbs. When constructing negative sentences
and questions in the past simple, we always use the main verb in its base form
(infinitive form).
Example:
Example
In the past simple, we often use adverbs ending with the word „ago“: a week
ago, three days ago, two years ago, etc., adverbs starting with the word „last“:
last week, last year, last month, last three days, last Monday, or other basic
adverbs like yesterday, a few days ago, and many others.
In the past continuous, we use the progressive aspect (form –ing). By using
the suffix –ing, we make it clear that the action was happening for a longer
period of time. We also use the 2nd form (past tense form) of the verb „to
be“ which is „was/were“. This auxiliary verb is used to describe that we are
talking about a situation in the past instead of in the present.
Example:
Negative sentences
Negative sentences are easy to construct. We just add the word „not“ right
after the auxiliary verb „was/were“. The rest of the sentence is the same:
Example:
Questions
Questions in the past continuous are constructed the same way as affirmative
sentences – we just switch the subject with an auxiliary verb. The structure of
the question is:
Example:
Was she doing your homework?
In the past continuous, we use the progressive aspect (form –ing). By using
the suffix –ing, we make it clear that the action was happening for a longer
period of time. We also use the 2nd form (past tense form) of the verb „to
be“ which is „was/were“. This auxiliary verb is used to describe that we are
talking about a situation in the past instead of in the present.
Example:
Negative sentences
Negative sentences are easy to construct. We just add the word „not“ right
after the auxiliary verb „was/were“. The rest of the sentence is the same:
Example:
Questions
Questions in the past continuous are constructed the same way as affirmative
sentences – we just switch the subject with an auxiliary verb. The structure of
the question is:
Example:
Was she doing your homework?
If we line up and limit the time period, we use: between, from-to, during, etc.
ast continuous
If we line up and limit the time period, we use: between, from-to, during, etc.
In this tense we use the auxiliary verb „have“ in its past participle form „had“.
We use this verb in front of the main verb, which is also used in its past
participle form.
Example:
In negative sentences we simply add the negative „not“ right after the
auxiliary verb „had“. The structure of negative sentences is:
Example:
Questions
Questions are also pretty easy to construct. We just place the verb „had“ at
the beginning of the sentence then continue with using the same structure as
we would for affirmative sentences. The structure of the sentence is:
Example:
When had you eaten dinner?
We can also use this tense if we do not know whether the event ended or not.
The important thing to note is that the event is happening – we do not care to
know whether it ended or not.
In this tense we generally use three verbs. The first one is the verb „had“ in
its past participle form, the second one is the verb „been“ in its past participle
form, and the third verb is the main verb in its base form with the suffix –ing,
which describes a progressive aspect.
The structure of the sentence is:
Example:
Negative
Example:
Questions
Example:
Past tenses are very important to know. We need to remember all the irregular
verbs to be able to speak in English. If we do not know them, we won’t be able
to construct sentences in any past or other tenses.