TENSES "II" - Past Tenses

1. Simple Past Tense


a. Nominal Sentence

Positive Sentence	S + to be ( was/were ) + …	I/He/She/It + to be ( was ) + …
		You/They/We + to be (were ) + …
Negative Sentence	S + to be ( was/were ) + not + …	I/He/She/It + to be ( was ) + not +  …
		You/They/We + to be (were ) + not + …
Interrogative Sentence	To be (Was/Were ) + S + …?	To be ( Was ) + I/he/she/it + …?
		To be ( Were ) + you/they/we + …?

b. Verbal Sentence

Positive Sentence	S + VII + …	I/You/They/We/He/She/It + VII + …
Negative Sentence	S + did not + VI + …	I/You/They/We/He/she/It + did not + VI + …
Interrogative Sentence	Did + S + VI + …	Did + I/you/they/we/he/she/it + VI + …?

2. Past Continuous Tense

Positive Sentence	S + to be ( was/were ) + VI(ing) + …	I/He/She/It + to be ( was ) + VI(ing) + …
		You/They/We + to be ( were ) + VI(ing) + …
Negative Sentence	S + to be (was/were) + not + VI(ing) + …	I/He/She/It + to be ( was ) + not + VI(ing) + …
		You/They/We + to be ( were ) +  not + VI(ing) + …
Interrogative Sentence	To be (Was/Were) + S + VI(ing) + …?	To be (Was) + I/he/she/it + VI(ing) + …?
		To be (Were) + you/they/we + VI(ing) + …?

3. Past Perfect Tense

a. Nominal Sentence

Positive Sentence	S + had + been + …	I/You/They/We/He/She/It + had + been + …
Negative Sentence	S + had + not + been + …	I/You/They/We/He/She/It + had + not + been + …
Interrogative Sentence	Had + S + been + …?	Had + I/you/they/we/he/she/it + been +…?

b. Verbal Sentence

Positive Sentence	S + had + VIII + ...	I/You/They/We/He/She/It + had + VIII + …
Negative Sentence	S + had + not + VII + …	I/You/They/We/He/She/It + had + not + VIII + …
Interrogative Sentence	Had + S + VIII + …?	Had + I/you/they/we/he/she/it + VIII +…?

4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Positive Sentence	S + had + been + VI(ing) + …	I/You/They/We/He/She/It + had + been + VI(ing) + …
Negative Sentence	S + had + not + been + VI(ing) + …	I/You/They/We/He/She/It + had + not + been + VI(ing) + …
Interrogative Sentence	Had + S + been + VI(ing) + …?	Had + I/you/they/we/he/she/it + been + VI(ing) + …?