- Did you call me last night? - Did we know him?
- Did Erick come here? - Did she invite you?
2 The negative form of verb other than be:
Examples: -
Did t ou se d e a essage? -
Did t siste gi e ou so ethi g?
- Did t the o o ou a pe il?
- Did t it ite he este da ?
3 The positive form of verb be:
Examples: - Were they in the bank three days ago?
- Was Sarah angry with you? - Were you sleepy last night?
- Was I in the hospital yesterday? 4 The negative form of verb be:
Examples: -
Was t Ma sad last ight? -
Was t he at ho e last eek? -
We e t the i the lass oo this o i g? -
We e t e at the o ie este da ? Did t + “ + V + ..... ?
WasWere + S + Susbtantive Universal + ..... ?
Was t We e t + “ + “us ta ti e U i e sal + ..... ?
8. The Use of Simple Past Tense
Based upo Fole a d Hall s opi io ,
e ofte use the Past “i ple Te se fo si gle o pleted e e ts a d past states.
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According to Michalek, The Simple Past Tense is used to express an action that is definitely past and whose time is given either expressly or
understood from the context, e.g.: He went to London Yesterday. Past
He went Now
Future Yesterday
Figure 2.1 Tense Diagram of Ewa Michalek
The o l poi t o the left of o a ks the ti e of the past a tio a d of the adverbial at the same time.
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According to Murcia and Freeman, the uses of The Simple Past Tense are to express:
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1 A definite single completed eventaction in the past e.g.: I attended a meeting of that committee last week.
2 Habitual or repeated actionevent in the past suggest that some change in this habitevent has taken place
e.g.: It snowed almost every weekend last winter. 3 An event with duration that applied in the past with the implication that it no
longer applies in the present e.g.: Prof. Nelson taught at Yale for 30 years.
4 An event with stative verbs in the past tense e.g.: He owed me a lot of money.
Relationship Perception I saw a large house in the corner.
Sensory Perception
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Mark Foley and Diane Hall, Advanced Learners’ Grammar: A Self Study Reference
and Practice Book with Answers, Essex: Longman, 2003, p.54.
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Ewa Michalek, English Teaching Forum: Tense Diagrams, Vol. XXII, No. 1, January 1984.
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Marianne Celce-Murcia and Diane Larsen-Freeman, The Grammar Book: An ESLEFL Teacher’s Course, Rowley: Newbury House Publisher, 1983, p. 63.
