Hello
everybody, today we are going to learn the
past indefinite tense which is one of the most daily using tenses. As
it is a human nature that we either prefer talking about our past memories or
make plans and discuss them in the future tense.
The past indefinite tense has a unique recognition and extremely significance in the English language just like the present indefinite tense as per academic as well as competitive exam’s point of views. Let’s learn it with examples, formation, uses in a detailed.
Past
Indefinite Tense
Formation it is very important to know how to form correct sentences
with the grammatical formations then you can use it in your daily life to make
sentences.
Affirmative : All the subjects + V2 + according to sentence.
We
always use second form of verb (V2) with all the subjects in the past indefinite tense affirmative
sentence whether it is a singular subject or a plural subject.
Everybody
played games during school days.
Here
is a table given below with the different forms of the verbs. You will be
surprised to know the names of verbs in the English grammar. The
second form of the verbs is known as the past form in the grammar hence always
used in the past tense.
|
Present V1 |
Past V2 |
Past Participle V3 |
|
Go |
Went |
Gone
|
|
Study
|
Studied
|
Studied |
|
Explicate |
Explicated |
Explicated |
|
Buy |
Brought |
Brought |
|
Proliferate |
Proliferated |
Proliferated |
You must have a doubt why we always use the V2 in the past indefinite tense, here is the answer to match with your expectations and is enough satisfactory to eradicate your queries. Past form of verb that we usually call V2 but when its name is past hence it is used in the past tense only.
Negative : All the subjects + Did not + V1 +
according to sentence.
In
the negative sentences we use a past
indefinite tense helping verb which is ‘DID’ and add not after it.
After the combination of Did + Not we always use first form of the verbs
because Did itself is the second form the verb hence after it we always use V1
only.
I
did not like waking up early in the morning.
Interrogative : W.H.F word+ Did + Subject + according
to sentence?
When
it comes to asking questions about the past events, you need to form questions
but the interrogative sentences are quite different from others hence it differ
from other’s formations too.
· Simple
interrogative sentences
[ Did + Subject + V1 + According to sentences +? ]
This
type of questions are generally asked to know the answer in either No or Yes
when there is no need for the explanations.
Question:
Did you watch End Game movie?
Answer
: Yes or No.
· Advanced
Interrogative sentences
[W.H.F. word + did + Subject + V1 + according to
sentence+?]
Why did the people want to deceive their dear ones just for money?
Identities of past
indefinite tense
Past habitual actions
When
you talk about your past habits you use past indefinite tense to represent it.
Examples
1. I
went to school.
2. We
played football at morning in the childhood.
3. My
father dropped me at the school entrance.
4. She
did not cheat in the exams ever.
5. Rahul often missed the class.
Past actions
In
this use you can describe the past historical actions that took place long ago
but were inscribed in. Golden words. I have shared a few examples from there.
1)
India celebrated the Independence Day for the very first time on 15th August in
1947.
2)
The people of India elected Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India in
2014 with a huge majority in the election.
3) The SLV -3 launch headed by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam took place in 1983 successfully.
Past Tense: indicate an action that completed in the past long before.
You
may use some adverbs in the sentences only for the past tense.
These
include any past dates
2017/1999/2014,
Days yesterday and day before
yesterday,
Adverbs ago, before, last time/ year/ week/ month /
night, the other day, the other morning
1. All
the students performed very well in the last test.
2. Mr.
Batra with his family members visited Singapore in 2017.
3. Mrs.
Oberoi hung out with his husband in the Japanese park yesterday.
4. I
met my old students long ago.
5. My
classmates and I enjoyed our lives during college days.
To indicate a
past completed action:
1.
I completed my content
writing course from the University of Leeds last month.
2.
My brother returned from
the USA yesterday.
3. They applied for an education loan for their son 2 days before.
Without adverb of time
We
sometimes use the facts that don’t need adverbs of time they themselves imply
the time.
1. Lord Rama killed the Ravana in the Ramleela.
2. Mrs.
Indira Gandha was brutally assassinated.
3. The
Mahabharta battle killed a great number of people.
Unreal Past
1. She
denied as if she knew her father’s decision.
2. They
spoke to about the universe as if they had been there.
3. He showed his possession as if I were his son.
Exercise
1. I
____ ( visit ) the India gate and the Red fort last Sunday.
2. They
did not _____ (complete) h.w. timely.
3. She
_____ (leave) school long ago.
4. The
Dehli Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) _______ (announce) the major
decisions for upcoming festivals
Diwali and Chhat puja.
5. People
_____ (live) without marks freely before Coronavirus.
These
were some uses of this tense I hope that the past indefinite tense examples
1. I have visited Goa with my family in 2017.
2. Few years ago, I had learnt English.
3. I have completed my content writing course from the University of leeds last month.
4. Millions of people passed away during Corona pandemic.
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