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2. Negative sentence

Subject Verb Rest of the sentence

I, We, You, They, Rina and Tina did not sing well.

He, She, It, Christina did not sing well.

3. Interrogative sentence

Verb Subject Verb Rest of the sentence

Did I, we, you, they, Rina and Tina sing well?

Did he, she, it, Christina sing well?

Uses of Simple Past Tense

We use the simple past tense to

1. express that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. For example,

y Yesterday, the teacher sent a note to Rakesh’s parents.

y We went for a picnic last week.

2. express a duration in the past. For example,

y He lived in America for eight years.

y She studied French for three years.

3. talk about a series of actions in the past. For example,

y I got up at 6 a.m., brushed my teeth and prepared breakfast.

y We packed and went for a picnic.

A. Write the simple past tense form of these verbs and use them to make sentences.

1. ring 2. drink 3. fall 4. plan
5. fly 6. watch 7. see 8. tell

9. climb 10. run 11. beat 12. shoot

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