TIME AND TENSE (PAST TENSE)

Simple Past Tense

Simle past tense is used to express an event in the past
Now

Simple Past

The position of Simple Past Tense in the time conversion is before now (present time)


1A

Active patterns:
(+) S + Verb 2 + O

(-) S + did + not + Verb 1 + O

(?) Did + S + Verb 1 + O

1B

(+) S + Was/Were + Adj/ Noun/ Adverb

Examples
1a(+) I wrote a letter yesterday
(-) I didnt write a letter yesterday

(?) Did I write a letter yesterday? 1b I was there yesterday

Passive Patterns: (+) S + was/were + Verb 3 + by agent + O

(-) S + was/were + not+ Verb 3+ by agent + O

(?) Was/were + S + Verb 3 + by agent + O

Examples
(+) A letter was written by me yesterday
(-) A letter was not written by me yesterday (?) Was a letter written by me yesterday?

Modals in Past Tense Form

Can Could
A : I could write a letter yesterday P : A letter could be written by me yesterday

May Might
A : I might write a letter yesterday

P : A letter might be written by me yesterday

Will

Would

A : I would write a letter yesterday

P : A letter would be written by me yesterday

Shall Should
A : I should write a letter yesterday

P : A letter should be written by me yesterday

Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense is used to explain activity that happened before another activity in the past Past Perfect Tense is usually arranged with Past Tense
Past Now Future

Past perfect

Simple Past

The position of Past Perfect Tense in the time conversion is before past

Active Pattern
(+) S + had + Verb 3 + O (-) S + had + not + Verb 3 + O (?) Had + S + Verb 3 + O

Examples
(+) I had written a letter when she came to my house (-) I had not written a letter
(?) Did I write a letter yesterday?

Passive Patterns: (+) S + had + been + Verb 3 + by agent + O

(-) S + had + not + been + Verb 3+ by agent + O

(?) Had + S + been + Verb 3 + by agent + O

Examples
(+) A letter had been written by me when she came to my house
(-) A letter had not been written by me when she came to my house (?) Had a letter been written by me when she came to my house?

Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense is used to express the activities or situations that have occured during a period of time in the past.
Past Now

future

The position of Past Continuous Tense in the time conversion is started from before past and continues through past

Active patterns
(+) S + was/were + Verb-ing + O (-) S + was/were + not + Verb-ing + O (?) Was/were + S + Verb-ing + O

Examples
(+) I was writing a letter last night
(-) I was not writing a letter last night (?) Were you writing a letter last night ?

Passive Patterns:

(+) S + was/were + being + Verb 3 + by agent + O

(-) S + was/were + not + being + Verb 3 + by agent + O

(?) Was/were + S + being + Verb 3 + by agent + O

Examples
(+) A letter was being written by me last night
(-) A letter was not being written by me last night (?) Was a letter being written by me last night?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to declare an event that started to happen in the past and also at a certain time in the past, these events are happening in state or place
Past
Now Future

The position of Past Perfect Continuous Tense in the time conversion is between before past and past

Active patterns:
(+) S + had + been + Verb-ing + O (-) S + had + not + been + Verb-ing + O (?) Had + S + been + Verb-ing + O

Examples
(+) I had been writing a letter last night
(-) I had not been writing a letter last night

(?) Had you been writing a letter last night ?

Passive Patterns: (+) S + had + been + being + Verb 3 +O (-) S + had + not + been + being + Verb 3 +O (?) Had + S + been + being + Verb 3 +O

Examples
(+) A letter had been being written by me last night
(-) A letter had not been being written by me last night (?) Had a letter been being written by me last night?

Exercise
Farah ........ (eat) dinner when her friend called. Maria ........ (do) her homework last night. A car was ........ (drive) by her when the telephone rang Vegetables had been being ......(buy) by me for three days,before I moved to my grandmoms home. Nurul had ..... (eat)bananas before her father arrived.

The dress had been .... (wear) by her when he came. A TV was ... (watch) by my father last night. They had been .... (see) a horror movie last night.