PAST TENSE

   Definition : Used to talk about activities or the situations that began and ended in the past.

  The frame :

A.    +}  S + WAS/WERE + COMP

- }  S + WAS/WERE + NOT + COMP

?}  WAS/WERE + S + COMP

                        Ex.  + You were thin

                                 -  You were not thin

                                 ?  Were you thin ?

B.    +}  S + VERB2 + OBJ/COMP

 -}  S + DID + NOT + VERB1 + OBJ/COMP

 ?}  DID + S + VERB1 + OBJ/COMP

                         Ex.  + He did his homework

                                  -  He did not do his homework

                                  ?  Did he do his homework ?

  Kind of Past tense :

1)     PAST PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS TENSE

A.               {+}  S + WAS/WERE + BEING + COMP

B.                {+}  S + WAS/WERE + VERB + ING + OBJ/COMP

2)     PAST PERFECT TENSE

A.               {+}  S + HAD + BEEN + COMP

B.                {+}  S + HAD + VERB3 + OBJ/COMP

3)     PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

A.               {+}  S + HAD + BEEN + BEING + COMP

B.                {+}  S + HAD + BEEN + VERB + ING + OBJ/COMP