The past simple tense

The past simple tense

                         Subject + Past Verb + Complement

                                hula l<d

·        With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding “ed”

PRESENT	PAST
Work	Worked
Help	Helped
Stay	Stayed
Want	Wanted

·        But there are a lot of irregular past tense in English. Her are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tense.

PRESENT	PAST
Come	Came
Choose	Chose
Do	Did
Go	Went
Hold	Held
Let	Let
Cut	Cut

Meaning

                                I.            Somebody did something.

hfula hula l<d

                              II.            Something did something.

hula hula l<d

                            III.            Something happened.

hula isoaO WKd

Example

          I.            They Followed English course of vision institute.

Tjqka ùYka wdh;kfha bx.%sis mdGud,djla ye±rejd

        II.            We Went kandy for our holiday

wms wfma ksjdvqjg kqjr .shd

      III.            They came to the home very late last night

Tjqka Bfha ? f.dvla m%udoù ksjig meñkshd

     IV.            I lived abroad since ten years

uu wjqreÿ oyhl b`oka ùfoia .;j cSj;a WKd

       V.            I met my fiancée long time ago

ug uf.a wdorjka;sh yq`. ld,hlg fmr yuq WKd

     VI.            They always enjoyed with their friends

Tjqka yeufjf,au Tjqkaf.a hd¨jka iu. ùfkdaojQjd

   VII.            The police arrested the murderer last week

fmd,Sish wmrdO lrejdj .sh i;sfha w;a;vx.=jg .;a;d

 VIII.            She invited me for a party.

weh ug idohg wdrdOkd l<d

      IX.             He participated to the conference

Tyq iuq¨jg iyNd.S jQjd

        X.             I sold my car last week.

uu .sh i;sfha fudag¾ r:h ùl=Kqjd

      XI.            I showed my certificate to the manager.

uu uf.a iy;sl l<uKdldreg fmkakqjd

    XII.            The people criticised the past government

ñksiqka miq.sh rch ùfõpkh l<d

  XIII.            I said my idea to him

uu uf.a wyi Tyqg mejiqjd

 XIV.            We decorated the main hall.

wms m%Odk Yd,dj ieriqjd

   XV.            She loved me from the bottom of  heart.

weh yo m;=f,kau ug wdorh l<d

·        we use “did” to make questions with the simple past tense.

·        We use “did not” to make negatives with the simple past tense.

Positive, Question, Negative, and Negative Qestion

P F      :  The people realized the truth.

              ñksiqka we;a; wjfndaO lr.;a;d

Q F     :  Did the people realised the truth?

               ñksiqka we;a; wjfndaO lr.;a;do?

N F     :  The people didn’t realized the truth.

              ñksiqka we;a; wjfndaO lr.;af;a kE

N Q F :  Didn’t the people realized the truth?

              ñksiqka we;a; wjfndaO lr.;af;a keoao?

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