Past Tense

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Continuous Tense
• Past Perfect Tense
• Past Perfect Continuous Tense
 Used to express action in the
1. Simple Past Tense past

1. Possitive: 2. Negative: 3. Interogative:

S + V2 + O/C S + did + not + V1 + O/C Did + S + V1 + O/C + ?

Examples:

1. He drank a glass of orange juice yesterday.

2. He did not drink a glass of orange juice yesterday.

3. Did he drink a glass of orange juice yesterday?

 Used to express action which
2. Past Continuous began in the past and were still
Tense going on when another event
occurred.

1. Possitive: 2. Negative: 3. Interogative:

S + was/were + Ving + S + was/were + not + Ving + Was/were + S + Ving +
O/C O/C O/C + ?
Examples:

1. He was drinking a glass of orange juice when mom came yesterday.

2. He was not drinking a glass of orange juice when mom came yesterday.

3. Was he drinking a glass of orange juice when mom came yesterday?

 Used to express action in the
3. Past Perfect Tense past before another action in
the past

1. Possitive: 2. Negative: 3. Interogative:

S + had + V3 + O/C S + had + not + V3 + O/C Had + S + V3 + O/C + ?

Examples:

1. He had drunk a glass of orange juice before resuming his work yesterday.

2. He had not drunk a glass of orange juice before resuming his work yesterday.

3. Had he drunk a glass of orange juice before resuming his work yesterday?
 4. Past Perfect Used to express prosses of
action in the past before
Continuous Tense
another action in the past

1. Possitive: 2. Negative: 3. Interogative:

S + had + been + Ving + S + had + not + been + had + S + been + Ving
O/C Ving + O/C + O/C + ?
Examples:

1. He had been drinking a glass of orange juice before resuming his work
yesterday.

2. He had not been drinking a glass of orange juice before resuming his work
yesterday.

3. Had he been drinking a glass of orange juice before resuming his work
yesterday?