Wednesday 2 November 2011
Simple Past Tense
Rujukan:http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_s.htm
How do we make the Simple Past Tense?
To make the simple past tense, we use:- past form only
or - auxiliary did + base form
V1 base | V2 past | V3 past participle | ||
regular verb | work explode like | worked exploded liked | worked exploded liked | The past form for all regular verbs ends in -ed. |
irregular verb | go see sing | went saw sang | gone seen sung | The past form for irregular verbs is variable. You need to learn it by heart. |
You do not need the past participle form to make the simple past tense. It is shown here for completeness only. |
subject | + | main verb |
past |
subject | + | auxiliary verb | + | not | + | main verb |
did | base |
auxiliary verb | + | subject | + | main verb |
did | base |
subject | auxiliary verb | main verb | |||
+ | I | went | to school. | ||
You | worked | very hard. | |||
- | She | did | not | go | with me. |
We | did | not | work | yesterday. | |
? | Did | you | go | to London? | |
Did | they | work | at home? |
subject | main verb | |||
+ | I, he/she/it | was | here. | |
You, we, they | were | in London. | ||
- | I, he/she/it | was | not | there. |
You, we, they | were | not | happy. | |
? | Was | I, he/she/it | right? | |
Were | you, we, they | late? |
How do we make the Simple Past Tense?
To make the simple past tense, we use:- past form only
or - auxiliary did + base form
V1 base | V2 past | V3 past participle | ||
regular verb | work explode like | worked exploded liked | worked exploded liked | The past form for all regular verbs ends in -ed. |
irregular verb | go see sing | went saw sang | gone seen sung | The past form for irregular verbs is variable. You need to learn it by heart. |
You do not need the past participle form to make the simple past tense. It is shown here for completeness only. |
subject | + | main verb |
past |
subject | + | auxiliary verb | + | not | + | main verb |
did | base |
auxiliary verb | + | subject | + | main verb |
did | base |
subject | auxiliary verb | main verb | |||
+ | I | went | to school. | ||
You | worked | very hard. | |||
- | She | did | not | go | with me. |
We | did | not | work | yesterday. | |
? | Did | you | go | to London? | |
Did | they | work | at home? |
subject | main verb | |||
+ | I, he/she/it | was | here. | |
You, we, they | were | in London. | ||
- | I, he/she/it | was | not | there. |
You, we, they | were | not | happy. | |
? | Was | I, he/she/it | right? | |
Were | you, we, they | late? |
Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense
I sing |
How do we make the Simple Present Tense?
subject | + | auxiliary verb | + | main verb |
do | base |
- For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.
- For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary.
- For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.
subject | auxiliary verb | main verb | |||
+ | I, you, we, they | like | coffee. | ||
He, she, it | likes | coffee. | |||
- | I, you, we, they | do | not | like | coffee. |
He, she, it | does | not | like | coffee. | |
? | Do | I, you, we, they | like | coffee? | |
Does | he, she, it | like | coffee? |
subject | main verb | |||
+ | I | am | French. | |
You, we, they | are | French. | ||
He, she, it | is | French. | ||
- | I | am | not | old. |
You, we, they | are | not | old. | |
He, she, it | is | not | old. | |
? | Am | I | late? | |
Are | you, we, they | late? | ||
Is | he, she, it | late? |
Rujukan:http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present.htm
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