Simple past tense

• Simple past tense is used principally to describe

events in the past, although it also has some other
uses. Simple past is in –ed however there are few
hundred irregular verbs in the different form.
• Example :
• Regular verb : work – worked
live – lived
• Irregular verb : be – was/were
meet – met
know - knew
 Kinds of simple past tense
• 1. verbal (using verb)
• Formation :
positive = I/you/she/he/it/we/they helped
negative = I/you/she/he/it/we/they did not
help
interrogative = Did I/you/she/he/it/we/they help?
• Notes: Did for all subjects in the negative and
interrogative form.
- using adverb of time, manner and place
Exampe: (+) I helped Sarah yesterday.
(-) I didn’t help Sarah yesterday.
(?) Did I help Sarah yesterday?
• 2. nominal (using tobe)
• Formation:
positive = s + was/were + O +C
negative = s + was/were + not + O +C
interrogative = was/were + s + O +C ?
Example :
(+) She was sad last week.
(-) She wasn’t sad last week.
(?) Was she sad last week?

Notes :
Was : S ( I, She, He, It)
Were : S (You, They, We)
 Adverbs
• A. Adverb of time
1. When something happened:
- Yesterday, later, tomorrow, in 1978, during
the night etc.
2. For how long:
- All day, since 2004, from July until August etc
3. How often (frequency)
- Usually, sometimes, etc
• We often use a noun phrase as a time adverb:

yesterday Last One Last

week/month/year day/week/month Saturday
tomorrow Next The day after Next
week/month/year tomorrow Friday

today This The day before The other

week/month/year yesterday day/week
/month
• B. Adverb of Manner
Function Adverb of manner are used to tell us he way or
how something is done.
Formation Adjective + (-ly) e.g. softly, beautifully, terribly,
etc
Example in She plays piano beautifully.
sentence She plays piano softly.
She plays piano terribly.

Position in • Adverb of manner are usually placed after the

sentence main verb or after the object (e.g. “He left the
room quickly.”)
• It can also be used before the verb(e.g. “He
quickly left the room.”)
• C. Adverb of Place
• Tell us where something
happens.
• Usually placed after the
main verb or after the
object.

1. After the main verb: 2. After the object:

- I looked everywhere.
- John looked away, up,
down, around…
- I’m going home, out, back
- Come in
- They built a house nearby.
- She took the child outside.
3. Common Adverbs of Place:
- Come here (toward me).
- Put in there (away from
me).
 Pronouns
• Personal pronoun
SINGULAR PLURAL

subjective objective possessive subjective objective possessive

1st I Me My, mine We Us Our, ours

person

2nd You You Your, yours You You Your, yours

person

3rd He Him His They them Their, theirs

person She Her Her, hers
It It its