past tense

Past Tense
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Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
1. Simple Past Tense
1. Possitive:
S + V2 + O/C
Used to express action in the
past
2. Negative:
S + did + not + V1 + O/C
Examples:
1. He drank a glass of orange juice yesterday.
2. He did not drink a glass of orange juice yesterday.
3. Did he drink a glass of orange juice yesterday?
3. Interogative:
Did + S + V1 + O/C + ?
2. Past Continuous Tense
1. Possitive:
S + was/were + Ving +
O/C
Used to express action which
began in the past and were still
going on when another event
occurred.
2. Negative:
S + was/were + not + Ving +
O/C
3. Interogative:
Was/were + S + Ving +
O/C + ?
Examples:
1. He was drinking a glass of orange juice when mom came yesterday.
2. He was not drinking a glass of orange juice when mom came yesterday.
3. Was he drinking a glass of orange juice when mom came yesterday?
3. Past Perfect Tense
1. Possitive:
S + had + V3 + O/C
Used to express action in the
past before another action in
the past
2. Negative:
S + had + not + V3 + O/C
3. Interogative:
Had + S + V3 + O/C + ?
Examples:
1. He had drunk a glass of orange juice before resuming his work yesterday.
2. He had not drunk a glass of orange juice before resuming his work yesterday.
3. Had he drunk a glass of orange juice before resuming his work yesterday?
4. Past Perfect Continuous
Tense
1. Possitive:
S + had + been + Ving +
O/C
Used to express prosses of
action in the past before
another action in the past
2. Negative:
S + had + not + been +
Ving + O/C
3. Interogative:
had + S + been + Ving
+ O/C + ?
Examples:
1. He had been drinking a glass of orange juice before resuming his work
yesterday.
2. He had not been drinking a glass of orange juice before resuming his work
yesterday.
3. Had he been drinking a glass of orange juice before resuming his work
yesterday?