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The most common time references used to depict the past time are: yesterday, a week ago, last
month/night/year, the day before yesterday, etc. These words are placed either at the beginning or
at the end of a sentence, but never in the middle.

Formation of Sentences in Simple Past Tense
The negative in simple past is formed by using did not + main verb. Did not may be

contracted to didn’t. For example:

She did not walk down the hill today.
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The interrogative (yes/no question) in simple past is formed by beginning the question
with did + subject + main verb. For example:

Did they stop at the post office yesterday?
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The wh-question in simple past is formed with a wh-word + did + subject + main verb. The
words commonly used to form wh-questions are what, where, when, why, how, how many
and how much. For example:

When did he decide to come?
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Practice Time 2

A. Fill in the blanks with the simple past form of the verbs given in brackets.
1. I _______________ Tulsi at the market last Sunday. (meet)

2. We _______________ our teacher a fond farewell. (give)

3. He _______________ the Indian Army in 2022. (join)

4. I _______________ this interesting book for you. (buy)
Simple Tenses 6. He _______________ an hour late? (arrive)
5. Atul _______________ the diary he misplaced. (find)

7. I _______________ a seat for all of us in the cruise. (book)

8. The Sun _______________ behind the clouds. (hide)
9. The cat _______________ the milk from the dish. (lick)

10. The water in the bucket _______________ into hard ice. (freeze)

B. Rewrite the following sentences in simple past tense.

1. She only eats eggs for breakfast.
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