Past Indefinite Tense
Tip-
Sentences with actions happened in the past are called Past Indefinite
Always use
The first form of verb with DID
- Did he went? (wrong)
- Did he go? (correct)
- Did Jack went (wrong)
- Did Jack go? (correct)
- Did Matthew slept? (wrong)
- Did Matthew sleep? (correct)
Subject + Main Verb +Object
He + Worked+ in a factory
For ex.
He worked in a factory
They went to school
She drank juice
The child ate food
The old took milk
We will use the same verb with
He/ she/ It/ I/ We / You / They
For ex.
- He went
- She studies
- He slept
- She drank
Negative sentences:-
Subject | Auxiliary verb | Not | Main Verb | Object |
They | did | Not | sleep | On mat |
I | did | Not | Take | juice |
She | did | not | walk | daily |
They | did | not | talk | In school |
We use did not with all subjects
With He, She and it, we use DID NOT
With I, we, you, they – DID not
Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Not + Main Verb + Object
I +did +not +eat + mango
- They did not drink milk
- She did not study
- They +did + not +wash their clothes
- He did not play with computer
Interrogative sentences
Auxiliary Verb | Subject | Main Verb | Object |
Did | He | Play | In the evening? |
Did | You | Go | To study? |
Did | She | Knit | Sweater ? |
Did :- He /She
Did:- I, we, you, they
Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Main Verb + Object
Did+ he +play ?
Did you go?
Did they sleep?
Did she talk?
Did they chat?
Did you gossip?
Interrogative Negative sentences
Auxiliary Verb + Subject +Not+ Main Verb + Object
Did+ she +not +play + guitar?
Did you not go out to play?
Did they go to office at 9o’ clock?
Did he like to eat banana?
Did she want to eat chocolates?
Did they want to do their homework?
Wh/How | Auxiliary Verb | Subject | Verb | Object |
Where | Did | He | Go | To school? |
Why | Did | you | Eat | Ice-creams in cold? |
How | Did | You | Go | To school? |
Creating questions with WHERE, WHAT, HOW, WHEN , WHY
For ex.
Where did he go to school?
Where+ Auxiliary verb+ subject+ verb+ object
Easy way to form the sentence (Where did he go to school?)
First create
He went to school (Past Indefinite)
Then
Did he go to school? (Interrogative )
Then add “Where” to Interogative sentence
Where did he go to school?
In the same way, all the sentences starting with
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW
will be formed in the Present Indefinite
Similarly,
Where did they eat dinner in office?
What did you do?
Where did he go to play in the evening?
How did you go to school?
Where did they go for walk in the morning?
When did you eat supper?
Where did the old man take rest in the afternoon?
Why did you play alone ?
Where did the children play at night?
Tip-
Always use
The first form of verb with DID
Did he went? (wrong)
Did he go? (correct)
Did Jack went (wrong)
Did Jack go? (correct)
Did Matthew slept? (wrong)
Did Matthew sleep? (correct)