Simple past tense is used to express the actions that happened in the past or happened one after the other. For example, The baby crawled.
Time signals:
- Last Monday
- In 1998
- An hour ago
- Yesterday
Structure / Formula
Subject + V2 + Object
Positive Sentences
See the structure to make affirmative/positive sentences.
Subject + Past(V2) + Object
Examples of positive sentences
- Julia made a sponge cake.
- He went to the hill station.
Negative Sentences
We use ‘not’ after auxiliary verb to make the sentence negative.
Subject + did + not + Base form (V1) + object.
Examples of negative sentences.
- Julia did not make a sponge cake.
- He did not go to the hill station.
Question Sentences
To make the question, auxiliary verb come at the start of the sentence and question mark at the end.
Did + subject + base form (V1) + object + ?
Examples of question sentences.
- Did Julia make a sponge cake?
- Did he go to the hill station?
