Past tense (অতীত কাল)
১. Past indefinite tense: অতীত কালে কোনো কাজ সাধারণভাবে হয়েছিল এরূপ বোঝালে verb-এর past indefinite tense হয়।
গঠন প্রণালি: Subject-এর পর মূল verb-এর past form ব্যবহৃত হয়।
Here is how to form the past simple tense in English.
| Structure of past simple | ||
| positive | negative | question |
| I arrived yesterday. You arrived yesterday. He/she/it arrived. We arrived. They arrived. |
I didn’t (did not) arrive. You didn’t (did not) arrive. He/she/it didn’t arrive. We didn’t arrive. They didn’t arrive. |
Did I arrive yesterday? Did you arrive? Did he/she/it arrive? Did we arrive? Did they arrive? |
| Past simple – common mistakes | ||
| Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
| I worked in London. | In positive sentences, a helping verb such as ‘was’ or ‘did’ is not used. | |
| Did he work in London? | The helping verb ‘did’ is used in past simple questions. | |
| Did he work in London? | The helping verb ‘did’ is used in past simple questions. | |
| Did he write a letter? | The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives. | |
| He didn’t write a letter. | The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives.রি | |
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