English Grammar Index


The Simple Past Tense is used to express an action which took place in the past and is completed by the time of speaking.


General Form :

Subject + Was / Were / Past tense verb

I / He / She / It / All Singular subjects – was / past tense verb

We / You / They / All Plural subjects – were / Past tense verb


Rules :


Examples :

Our School celebrated its Silver jubilee last month.

We got Independence on 15th August 1947.

In olden days soldiers fought with swords.

People travelled in carts a hundred years ago.

Babar was the founder of Mughal empire.

Tagore wrote our national anthem.


The presence of the following Keywords in a sentence indicates the existence of This Tense in that sentence.

1. in 1947
   
   
2. in 1975
   
   
3. In 1980
   
   
4. in 1985
   
   
5. In ancient times
   
   
6. In early days
   
   
7. In my boyhood days
   
   
8. In my childhood
   
   
9. In olden days
   
   
10. In those day
    
    
11. last month
    
    
12. Last week
    
    
13. last year
    
    
14. long long ago
    
    
15. Once
    
    
16. Once upon a time
    
    
17. One day
    
    
18. Then
    
    
19. two years ago
    
    
20. Yesterday