PAST INDEFINITE TENSE-MADE EASY

ALL TIPS AND TRICKS ARE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND PAST INDEFINITE TENSE

2. Read the following sentences carefully

3. Iqbal played baseball in the college
yesterday.

4. We visited Museum last week.

5. Q. Which tense is used for habits, routines and daily
works in the present time?
A. Present Indefinite tense.
Q. Which tense is used for routine works in the past
time?
A. Past Indefinite tense.

6. PAST INDEFINITE
TENSE

7. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Definition
Usages
Sentence Structures
Examples
Activities
Assignment
IN THE LESSON

8. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Definition
The Past tense is used for actions that
took place in the past time. But no
definite time is given. This tense does
not indicate whether the action was
complete or incomplete.

9. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Example
He played guitar.
Akramwent for traveling.

10. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
USAGES

11. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
•Usage
To talk about things happened in the
past:
Example
I saw a live tiger yesterday. We
visited London last summer.
For story-telling:
Example
Once upon a time, there liveda
princess in a castle.

12. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
•Usage
A past habit :
Example
I wonmany championships when I was
young.
When one action came immediately after
another, we use the past simplefor both:
Example
When the thief sawthe policeman, he ran
away

13. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
SENTENCE
STRUCTURE

14. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Sentence structure
Subject
Second Form of Verb Object
+
+

15. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Example
Zaheer readthe newapaper.

16. PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
Sentence structure
Example
She got Master degree last year.
He played volleyball.

17. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Sentence structure
Example
Najmaplayed with her dog.
Zia rode on the camel.

18. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Assertive Sentences
Past indefinite tense is made by using
second form of verb.
Example.
He played squash.
I played football.

19. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Negative Sentences
“Did not” is used for all
pronouns. Then first form of verb.
Examples
He did not play football.
He did not like Bullfight.

20. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Interrogative Sentences
“Did” is used for all pronoun before
the sentence, then first form of verb.
Examples.
Did he play music instrument?
Did she ride on donkey?

21. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Assertive Negative Interrogative
He played
football.
He did not play
football.
Did he play
football?
You played
football,
You did not play
football.
Did you play
football?

22. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
ACTIVITY

23. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
I _____ a letter
he
she _____ well
it
we
you _____ hard
they
wrote
spoke
worked
Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs.
•Speak
•Write
•Work

24. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
__ I _____
he
____she ____
it
we
___you ______
they
Didwork?
DId work?
Did work?
Interrogative Sentences

25. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
I ____ work
he
she _______ work
It
we
you _____ work
they
didn’t
didn’t
didn’t
Negative Sentences

27. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Main Points
•Past indefinite Tense
•Different Usages
•Formation
•Activities

29. PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE
Q. Which form of the verb is used in past indefinite
tense?
A.Second form of the verb.
Q. What do you know about the word indefinite?
A.Indefinite does not indicate whether the action is
complete or incomplete.

30. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Convert these sentences
into simple past tense.
I play Ping pong.
I played ping pong.
Mairalikes Ice skating.
Mairaliked Ice skating
ACTIVITY

31. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Change the following sentences
from the simple past tense to its
negative and interrogative form.
Rashid worked in a factory.
Rashid did not work in a factory.
Did Rashid work in a factory?
Fayyazwent for diving.
Fayyazdid not go for diving.
Did Fayyazgo for diving?

32. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Change the following sentences
from the simple present tense to
its negative and interrogative form.
We sailed to Karachi.
We did not sail to Karachi.
Did we sail to Karachi?
Fatima liked computer games.
Fatima did not like computer
games.
Did Fatima like computer games.

33. PAST INDEFINITE TENSE
Write ten sentences in
simple past tense.
Convert the written
sentences into negative
and interrogative
sentences
Assignment

34. FUTURE INDEFINITE
TENSE
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