PAST TENSE

FORM
 Verbal Sentences
 I/you/We/They/She/He/It/You invited him to
the dinner last night (positive statement)
 I/You/We/They/She/He/It did not come late yesterday
(negative statement)
 Did I/You/We/They/She/He/It make an appointment
with the dentist two days ago?
(interrogative statement)
WH- Questions
WH-QUESTION
 What did you do last night?
 Where did you go yesterday
 When did she go back from America?
 Where did you spend your time last
Saturday night?
 Why didn’t he attend the class this
morning?
NOMINAL SENTENCE
 I/She/He was in Jakarta yesterday
morning
 /You/We/They/you were students last
year
 Where were you last night?
 What was she two years ago?
 Were they here?
 Was he polite to you yesterday?
USE
 We use this tense in English to talk about events or
situations that are finished. Normally we use a time
reference.
 Examples:
 "Last year I went to Spain."
 "In 1997, he changed his job."
 "She called an hour ago."
 We also use the Past Simple tense in English to talk
about long-lasting events or situations in the past.
 "When I was a child, I lived in the countryside."
 We also use the Past Simple tense in
English to talk about long-lasting events or
situations in the past.
 "When I was a child, I lived in the
countryside."
 To talk about repeated activites in the
past, we also use the Past Simple.
 "I often went to the beach as a child."