SIMPLE PAST TENSE,PAST CONTINUE TENSE

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

DEFINITION

Simple past tense is used to state the pacts ar events that happened the past

EXAMPLE

-she drank coffe two hours ago
-i played football last week
-they were at the school

THE Formula

A. NOMINAL
(+)     S + WAS / WERE + COMP
(-)      S + WAS / WERE + NOT + COMP
(?)  WAS / WERE + S + COMP        

 example

(+)they were at school

( - )they were not at school

( ? )were they at school??

B. VERBAL

(+)   S + V2 + OBJ / COMP

 (-)   S + DID + NOT + V1 + OBJ / COMP

(?)   DID + S + V1 + OBJ / COMP        

example

(+)she drank coffe two hours ago

(- )she did not drink coffe two hours ago

( ? )did she drink coffe two hours ago??

PAST CONTINUE TENSE

definition

commonly used to describe an event that going at some point at past and probably will continue

The Formula of Past Continuous Tense :
(+) S + to be + ( was / were ) + V1 + ing + comp
( -) S + to be ( was / were ) + not + V1 + ing + comp.
(?) To be ( was / were ) + S + V1 + ing + comp. + ?

Example       :    (+)   They were having lunch when I arrived.
                           ( -)   They were not having lunch when I arrived.
                           (?)   Were they having lunch when I arrived ?