In this High English quiz we look at another tense form – the simple past tense. The use of the simple past tense denotes an event, action or situation that is completed in the past. The way to denote is to use verbs, either regular or irregular, in their past tense. There are three ways to form the simple past tense, depending on the verb. The verb BE has for its simple past WAS and WERE. Here are some examples:
'I WAS there yesterday.'
'You WERE there yesterday.'
‘She WAS there yesterday.’
‘They WERE there yesterday.’
The second way to form the simple past tense is to look at the simple past forms of regular verbs. We know that simple past form of regular verbs can be formed by simply adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to the verb or removing a letter and adding ‘ied.’ For instance: