Past Simple Tense (Past Indefinite) with Examples

Past Simple Tense (Past Indefinite)

It is used to express an action that happened or completed in past, usually a very little time before speaking, or action which is just completed.
 
ये वाक्य 2 प्रकार के होते हैं।
1st type: Sub ने ऐसा... किया था(एक बार- Once )
2nd type: Sub ऐसा... करता था (अक्सर- Many times)
पहचान: इन वाक्यों के अंत में  आ था /ई थी /ऐ थे /आ /ई /ऐ  आता है।
जैसे:
राम कल अदालत गया था। (1st type)
राम कल अदालत गया। (1st type)
वे खेलने जाते थे। (2st type)
सीता पढने जाती थी। (2st type)

How to make Tense:


1. 1st type of tenses (Subject did Once ) If Sub= I, You, Singular(एकवचन) or Plural(बहुवचन) (Same for all Subjects)
Then: 
1. Sub+Verb 2nd form
2. Sub+didn't+Verb 1st form
3. How+did+Sub+Verb 1st form
4. Why+didn't+Sub+Verb 1st form

Speaking in Stress or loudly: Sub+did+Verb 1st form
Sentence using Never : Sub+never+Verb 2nd form



  2. 2nd type of tenses (Subject did many times)
If Sub= I, You, Singular(एकवचन) or Plural(बहुवचन) (Same for all Subjects)
Then:
1. Sub+used to+Verb 1st form
2. Sub+didn't+use to+Verb 1st form
3. How+did+Sub+use to+Verb 1st form
4. Why+didn't+Sub+use to+Verb 1st form

Speaking in Stress or loudly: Sub+did+use to+Verb 1st form
Sentence using Never: Sub+never+used to+Verb 1st form

Examples:

• I saw a movie yesterday.
• I didn't see a play yesterday.
• Last year, I traveled to Japan.
• Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
• Did you have dinner last night?
• She washed her car.
• He didn't wash his car.
• I killed a snake
• He ate a mango.
• I did not kill a snake
• He did not eat a mango
• He gave me a gift
• They went to cinema.
• She wrote a letter to him.
• I made a table.
• You answered correctly.
• Did he give me a gift?
• Did they go to cinema?
• Did she write a letter to him?
• Did I make a table?
• Did you answer correctly?