4 types of past tense | past tense

       PAST TENSE

Past tense . 4 types of past tense

 

[A past tense is used to indicate an action completed in the past ]

Past tense has four types.

  ///Four types of past tense///

        
(1) Past indefinite  tense
(2) Past continuous tense
(3) Past perfect tense
(4) Past perfect continuous tense

  ///// Past indefinite tense /////

  [ This tense informs us about the happenings. When happened in the past ] 

{ Types of sentence }

∆ past indefinite  ( positive ) 

∆ Past indefinite  (negative )

∆ past indefinite  ( interrogative ) 

∆ past indefinite  ( negative interrogative ) 

/// Rules///

•  in this tense we use 2nd form of the verb.

•  for negative sentence we use  ( did not)

and use Ist form of the verb. 

•  for interrogative sentence we use did at the start of the sentence and then use Ist form of the verb.

•   for negative interrogative sentence we use did at the start of the sentence and then not is  used after the subject.

Examples: 

        --1  {Past indefinite  ( positive )}

Formula:

( Subject + 2nd form of Verb + Object ) 

•  I went to school

•  They ate meal

•  he wrote a letter

     --2  {Past indefinite  ( negative )}

Formula:

( Subject + did not + 1st form of Verb + Object ) 

•  I did not go to school

•  They did not eat

•  he did not write a letter

  -3  {Past indefinite  ( interrogative  )}

Formula:

( did + Subject + 1st form of Verb + Object ) 

•  did i go to school?

•  did They eat ?

•  did he write a letter?

-4 {Past indefinite( negative interrogative  )}

Formula:

(Did+ Subject +not+ 1st form of Verb + Object ) 

•  did I not go to school?

•  did They not eat meal?

•  did he not write a letter

///// Past Continuous tense /////

  [ This tense informs us about an action , happening or event . Which continued  in the past ] 

{ Types of sentence }

∆ past continuous ( positive ) 

∆ Past continuous   (negative )

∆ past continuous ( interrogative ) 

∆ past continuous ( negative interrogative ) 

/// Rules///

•  we use 1st form of the verb with (ing).

•  (was , were) are used as a helping verb.

•  for negative sentence we use  ( not)

after the helping verb ( was , were)

•  for interrogative sentence we use

( was , were) at the start of the sentence.

•   for negative interrogative sentence we use (was , were )at the start of the sentence and then not is  used after the subject.

Examples: 

        -1 {Past continuous ( positive )}

Formula:

( Subject +H.V+ 1st form of Verb (ing)+ Object ) 

•  I was going to school

•  They were eating meal

•  he was writing a letter

        --2  {Past continuous ( negative )}

Formula:

( Subject + was not , were not + 1st form of Verb (ing) + Object ) 

•  I was not going to school

•  They were not eating meal

•  he was not writing a letter

  --3  {Past continuous ( interrogative  )}

Formula:

( was, were + Subject + 1st form of verb(ing)+ Object ) 

•  was i going  to school?

•  were They eating meal?

•  was he writing a letter?

-4{Past Continuous(negative interrogative)}

Formula:

(Was, were+  Subject +not+ 1st form of Verb(ing) + Object ) 

•  was I not going to school?

•  were they not eating meal?

•  was he not writing a letter?

          ///// Past Perfect /////

  [ This tense informs us about the completion of an action , happening or event in the past time ] 

{ Types of sentence }

∆ past perfect  ( positive ) 

∆ Past perfect (negative )

∆ past perfect ( interrogative ) 

∆ past perfect ( negative interrogative ) 

/// Rules///

•  in this tense we use 3rd form of the verb.

•  we use (had) as a helping verb.

•  for negative sentence we use  ( had not)

With the  3rd form of the verb. 

•  for interrogative sentence we use(had) at the start of the sentence.

•   for negative interrogative sentence we use (had) at the start of the sentence and then not is  used after the subject.

Examples: 

        --1  {Past perfect ( positive )}

Formula:

( Subject +had+ 3rd form of Verb + Object ) 

•  i had gone to school

•  They had eaten meal

•  he had written a letter

        --2  {Past perfect ( negative )}

Formula:

( Subject + had not + 3rd form of Verb + Object ) 

•  I had not gone to school

•  They had not eaten 

•  he had not written a letter

        --3  {Past perfect ( interrogative  )}

Formula:

( had + Subject + 3rd form of Verb + Object ) 

•  had i gone to school?

•  had They eaten the meal?

•  had he written a letter?

-4 {Past perfect ( negative interrogative  )}

Formula:

( had+Subject+not+ 3rd form of Verb + Object ) 

•  had I not gone to school?

• had They not eaten meal?

•  had he written a letter?

///// Past perfect continuous tense /////

  [ This tense informs us about an action or event which continued from a certain time or period in the past ] 

{ Types of sentence }

∆ past perfect continuous ( positive ) 

∆ Past perfect continuous  (negative )

∆ past perfect continuous  ( interrogative ) 

∆ past perfect continuous ( negative interrogative ) 

/// Rules///

•  in this tense we use 1st form of the verb(ing).

•  ( had been ) are used as helping verb.

•  for negative sentence we use  (  had not been).

•  for interrogative sentence we use (had) at the start of the sentence and then (been) is used after the verb.

•   for negative interrogative sentence we use (had) at the start of the sentence and then (not been) is  used after the subject.

•  ( since , for ) are used before the object.

Examples: 

-4 {Past perfect continuous  ( positive )}

Formula:

( Subject +had been+ 1st form of Verb (ing)+since/for+ Object ) 

•  It had been raining for two hours.

•  They had been waiting since morning 

•  he had been living here since 1975.

-2{Past perfect continuous ( negative )}

Formula:

( Subject + had not been+ 1st form of Verb(ing) + since/for+Object ) 

•  It had not been raining since morning.

•  They had not been waiting for two hours.

•  he had not been living here for ten years.

-3 {Past perfect continuous ( interrogative )}

Formula:

( had + Subject + been+1st form of Verb(ing) +since/for+ Object ) 

•  had it been raining since morning ?

•  had they been waiting for two hours?

•  had he been living here for ten years? 

-4 {past perfect continuous ( negative interrogative  )}

Formula:

(Had+ Subject +not been+ 1st form of Verb(ing) +since/for+ Object ) 

•  had it not been raining since morning ?

•   had they not been waiting for two hours?

•  had he not been living here for ten years? 

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