SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Simple past tense is used for describinf acts that have alreasy been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is know. Furthermore, simple past tense is used for retelling succes events. That why it is commonly used in storytelling.

Simple past tense is a kind of tense which is used to describe an event or Action that happened already in a certain time in the past.
Formula of Verbal Sentence:
+ SUBJECT + PAST TENSE (V2)

- SUBJECT + DID + NOT + INFINITIVE (V1)

? DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE (V1)?
Example:
+ Doyle studied English last night.
- Doyle did not study English last night.
? Did Doyle study English last night?

Formula of Nominal Sentence
Subject: We,you,they
+ SUBJECT + WERE + NON VERB

Subject: I, he, she, it
+ SUBJECT + WAS + NON VERB

Subject: We,you,they
- SUBJECT + WERE + NOT + NON VERB

Subject: I, he, she, it
-SUBJECT + WAS + NOT + NON VERB

Subject: We,you,they

? WERE + SUBJECT + NON VERB?

Subject: I, he, she, it
?WAS + SUBJECT + NON VERB?


Example:
+ I was ill yesterday.
- I was not ill yesterday.
? Was I ill yesterday?