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SIMPLE PAST

TENSE
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Group 2
FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM!

1. What is meant past tense?

2. What is formula for making past tense?

3. What functions can be used in making past tense?


DEFINISION of past tense

Past tense is tense that works to show the work that


happened in the past. This understanding is used together
with simple present tense,only tempos are different and
often in writing.
FORMULA PAST TENSE

(+) Positive form (-) Negative form

– ͢Subject + was/were + – ͢Subject + to be (was/were) + not +


complement complement
– ͢Subject + verb II + object – ͢Subject + did not/didn`t+ verb I + object

Example: Example:
– He just returned from the – He didn`t just return from the hospital
hospital yesterday.
yesterday.
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(?) Intterogative form


– Did͢ + subject + verb I + object + ?

Example:
– Did he just return from hospital
yesterday?
EXAMPLE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

(+) A nurse treated patients yesterday.

(-) A nurse did not treat patients yersterday.

(?) Did a nurse treat patients yesterday?


ANY QUESTION?

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