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Past Simple

Tenses elementary easy

Completed actions in finished time.

Tenses — Expressing time: present, past and future.

Rules

1. Form: past form of verb — went, played, wrote. 2. Negative: did not + base — He did not come. 3. Question: Did + subject + base — Did you see him? 4. Uses: finished actions (I met her yesterday), past habits (He always carried an umbrella), past sequences (She got up, dressed and left). 5. Signal words: yesterday, last week, ago, in 2019, then, when.

Explanation

Past simple is for actions completely in the past with no link to now. Irregular verbs must be memorised: go→went, see→saw, take→took.

हिंदी में

Past simple पूर्ण भूतकाल की घटना के लिए है — yesterday, last week, ago के साथ। Irregular verbs के रूप याद करने पड़ते हैं।

Examples

I met her yesterday. — मैं कल उससे मिला।
She went to Jaipur last month. — वह पिछले महीने जयपुर गई।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"I didn't went there.","correction":"I didn't go there.","note":"After \"did\" the base verb is used."}
{"mistake":"She goed to market.","correction":"She went to market.","note":"\"goed\" is not a word — past of go is went."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Choose the correct sentence.

He didn't ate anything.
He didn't eat anything.
He didn't eats anything.
He not ate anything.

Answer: He didn't eat anything.

💡 didn't + base form (eat).

Q2. Fill in the blank: "___ you ___ (enjoy) the trip?"

Did / enjoy
Do / enjoyed
Did / enjoyed
Are / enjoy

Answer: Did / enjoy

💡 Past question → did + subject + base verb.

Q3. Which sentence contains an error?

She came back home late.
He buyed a new phone.
They ran to the bus stop.
We swam in the river.

Answer: He buyed a new phone.

💡 Buy is irregular → "He bought a new phone".

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Topic	Level	What it covers
Present Simple	elementary	Habits, facts and routines in the present.
Present Continuous	elementary	Actions happening now or around now.
Present Perfect	intermediate	Past actions connected to the present.
Present Perfect Continuous	intermediate	Actions that started in the past and continue to now.
Past Continuous	intermediate	Actions in progress at a point in the past.
Past Perfect	intermediate	The earlier of two past actions.