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8/11/2019 TENSES Past Indefiinite FA2013

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TENSES

Past Indefinite/Simple Past

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NADEEM AHMEDLecturer

Mohammad Ali Jinnah University,Karachi.


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1. Past repeated actions

Past customs: Past habits

We usual ly bunked classes

dur ing o ur sch ool l i fe.

Many off ic ial took br ibe inFrance b efore the

revolut ion.


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Past routines:

1. Past repeated actions

We attendedclasses regular ly inschool .

She signed inat 9:00 am dailyin ini t ia l years o f her job.


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2. Temporary Facts (Past)

I l ived in Gulistan-e-Johar

in 2000.

That pen cost Rs . 10 in 2001.


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3. Past completed actions

The bos s warned me of any

delay in the project .

Doctor BB Qureshi, Pakistans first PhD

woman, died in Edhi Old Home on

Wedn esday. (Aug 15, 2012)


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4. Feelings (Past)

I lovedmy bro ther when he was four .He hated work ass ignments.


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5. Thoughts (Past)

I t hough the wo uld accede

to my propo sal .

We believedit was the best t ime

to int roduce the produ ct .


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6. For past shorter actions

I was readin ga newspaper

when she phonedme.

I was del iver inglecture wh en

Salman knockedat the door.


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7. In conditional expressions

showing lesser chances of action

If he gota chance, he would not

repeatthe mistake.

If Ahmed Rao took proper classes

for guitar, he would playwell.


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8. With past latter action when two

past actions used together

I had typedthe letter before the

boss askedme to show him.

Robbers had escapedbeforethe police reachedthe scene


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Affirmative Sentences:

Subject + Ved+ Object/Complement/Adjunct.

e.g.

He/She/It/Faiza ranfast.

I/They/You/We/People spokethe truth.

He

SheIt

Singular Noun

IWe

You

They

Plural Noun

Ved

Ved


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Negative Sentences:

Subject + did not+ Vo+ Object/Complement/Adjunct.

e.g.

He/She/It/Faiza didnot runfast.

I/They/You/We/People did not speakthe truth.

IWe

You

They

Plural Noun

He

She

ItSingular Noun

did

did


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Interrogative Sentences (Yes/No Questions):

Did+ subject + Vo+ Object/Complement/Adjunct?

e.g.

Didhe/she/it/Faiza runfast?

Did I/they/you/we/people speakthe truth?

IWe

You

They

Plural Noun

He

She

ItSingular Noun

Did

Did


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Interrogative Sentences (Information Questions):

+ did+ subject + Vo+ O/C/A?

Why

Where

How

Whom

When

e.g. Whydidhe/she/it/Faiza run?

How did I/they/you/we/people improve vocabulary?

Exception: Who supportedyou financially?

Who instigatedthe public?

He/She/It/Singular Noun

I/We/You/They/Plural Noun

did

did


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Emphatic Sentences:

Subject + did+ Vo+ Object/Complement/Adjunct.

e.g.

He/She/It/Faiza did runfast.

I/They/You/We/People did speakthe truth.

IWe

You

They

Plural Noun

He

She

ItSingular Noun

did

did

E i #1


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Exercise#1

Choose either the simple past or the past progressive in thefollowing sentences.

1. Saima _________________ (eat)dinner when her friend called.

2. While Maria was cleaning the apartment, her husband_________________ (sleep).

3. At three o clock this morning, Ammad ___________________(study).

4. When Majid arrived, other family members___________________ (have)dinner, but they stopped inorder to talk to him.

5. Jabbar ___________________ (go)to France last year.

6. When the teacher ________________ (enter)the room, thestudents were talking.

7. While Asad was writing the report, Hamid ___________ (look)for more information.

8. We ___________________ (see)this movie last night.

9. Mr. Rabbani ___________________ (own)this building in 1985.

10. Mushahid ___________ (write)a letter to his family when his

pencil _________ (break).


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Exercise#2

Use either the simple past or present perfect in the following

sentences.

1. Shahid ________________ (write)his report last night.

2. Babar________________ (see)this movie before.

3. Abid ________________ (read)the newspaper already.

4. Shayan ________________ (work)in the same place for thirty-five years, and he is not planning to retire yet.

5. We ________________ (begin; negative)to study for the testyet.

6. Saad ________________ (go)to the store at ten oclock thismorning.

7. Aneela ________________ (travel)around the world.8. He ________________ (write)a letter last night.

9. Irfan Ahmed ________________ (call)his employer yesterday.

10. We ________________ (see; negative)this movie yet.


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Exercise#3

Supply the simple past or past perfect in the following sentences.

1. The policeman read the suspect his right after he ________________(arrest)him.

2. After Sohail ________________ (wash)his clothes, he began to study.

3. Muneeb _________________ (wait)for one hour before the bus came.

4. Maria ____________________ (enter)the university after she hadgraduated from the community college.

5. Lubna ________________ (wash)pipettes after she had completed theexperiment.

6. Eman sent a letter to her university after she____________________(receive)her scholarship cheque.

7. After stewardesses had served the lunch to the passengers, they____________________ (sit)down.

8. The car ____________________ (flip)ten times before it landed on itsroof.

9. We corrected our papers after we ____________________ (take)the quiz.

10. John ________________ (live)in Miami for one year when his parentscame to visit.

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