Active voice-Past simple tense rules

Past simple tense rules and application

 

Sentence: I eat food.

In the above sentence I is the subject, eat is the verb and food is the object.

1^st form of verb: eat, 2^nd form of verb: ate, 3^rd form of verb: eaten

 

Positive sentence

(I, He, She, It, We, They, You) as a subject

Subject+ 2^nd form of verb+ object

 

I ate food.	He ate food.	She ate food.	It ate food.
We ate food.	They ate food.	You ate food.

 

 

Negative sentence

(I, He, She, It, We, They, You) as a subject

Subject+ did+ not+1^st form of verb+ object

 

I did not eat food.	He did not eat food.	She did not eat food.	It did not eat food.
We did not eat food.	They did not eat food.	You did not eat food.

 

 

Interrogative sentence

(I, He, She, It, We, They, You) as a subject

Did + subject+ 1^st form of verb + object

 

Did I eat food?	Did he eat food?	Did she eat food?	Did it eat food?
Did we eat food?	Did they eat food?	Did you eat food?