PAST INDEFINITE TENSE

 

A. Affirmative: Subject + 2nd form of Verb + object. Or  Subject + did + 1st form of Verb + object. B. Negative:              Subject + did + not + 1st form of Verb + object. C. Interrogative:              Did + subject + 1st form of Verb + object?

Conditions involving this tense:-

1.  It denotes an event or action of past:

a.  He passed his M.B.A. in 2008.

b.  I finished the work ten minutes ago.

2.  It indicates an event or action going on in the past:

a.  While the children played, the old people relaxed.

b.  He talked and I listened.

3.  It signifies a habitual action of past:

a.  As student we studied 10 hours a day.

b.  Unlike the Indians, the Germans came to the workshop in time.