PAST TENSE

Definition

Simple Past is used for describing acts that have already been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is known. Furthermore, simple past is used for retelling succesive events. That is why it is commonly used in story telling. Simple past is a kind of tense which is used to descrive an event or action that happened already in a certaintime in the past. Simple past is formed for regular verbs by adding -ed to the root of the words.

The Pattern:
(+) S + Verb II + complement
(-) S + did + not + Verb II + complement
(?) Was/were + S + Verb I + complement

Example:
1. (+) He walked to the stone.
(-) He didn't walked to the stone
(?) Did he walk to the stone?

2. (+) I went to Tangkiling yesterday.
(-) I didn't go to Tangkiling yesterday.
(?) Did you go to Tangkiling yesterday?

3. (+) They studied english last week.
(-) They didn't studied english last week.
(?) Did they study english last week?

Definition
Past Continous Tense is a kind of tense that is used to describe an event or an action which was happening in a certain time in the past.

The Pattern:
(+) S + was/were + verb -ing + complement
(-) S + was/were + not + verb -ing + complement
(?) Was/were + S + verb -ing + complement

Example:
(+) He was writting a letter last night.
(-) He wasn't writting a letter last night.
(?) Were you writting a letter last night?