Types of past tense
In this post we will discuss in detail about past tense and its classification.
Q. What is past tense?
A. Past tense means that something happened in the past.
Past tense is divided into four parts:
1.Past Indefinite
2. Past Continuous
3. Past Perfect
4. Past Perfect Continuous
1. Past Indefinite tense: Past indefinite tense refers to any work that has taken place in the past.
Examples: 1. I bought ten pens.
2. He went to market.
If the sentence is negative then examples:
1. I didn't buy ten pens.
2. He didn't go to market.
If the sentence is interrogative then examples:
1. Did I buy ten pens?
2. Did he go to market?
If the sentence is negative +interrogative then examples:
1. Didn't I buy ten pens?
2. Didn't he go to market?
Past Continuous tense: Past continuous tense refers to any work going on in the past.
Example: 1. I was playing cricket.
2. They were going there.
If the sentence is negative then examples:
1. I wasn't playing cricket.
2. They weren't going there.
If the sentence is interrogative then examples:
1. Was I playing cricket?
2. Were they going there?
If the sentence is negative + interrogative then examples:
1. Was I not playing cricket?
2. Were they not going there?
Past Perfect tense: Past perfect tense refers to the completion of another task before the end of a task in the past. The past two works are usually expressed by Before and After.
When words are added by before then examples:
# I had played cricket before I went to market.
# They had gone there before they met me.
When words are added by after then examples:
# I went to his home after I had completed my study.
# They went there after they had completed lunch.
Past Perfect Continuous: Past perfect continuous tense refers to a work that has been going on for a long time in the past.
Examples: 1. I had been working in this district for five years
2. They had been living in this city for five years.
