I sat down.
The verb laughed is past. The sentence is past simple.
She obeyed her father. That is the sentence that contains a verb in the simple past tense.
give The simple predicate is the verb or action word in the sentence.
This is past tense. Although the verb give is in the present form the tense is shown by the auxiliary verb do, which is in the past - did.
The verb tense in the sentence is past tense, as indicated by the word "arrived."
The verb laughed is past. The sentence is past simple.
A past simple sentence has one verb in the past tense: I walked to school. -- The verb walk is in the past tense = walked. Past simple is used to talk about something that happened in the past and is now finished.
She obeyed her father. That is the sentence that contains a verb in the simple past tense.
Verbs are only simple when in a sentence, with one verb.I parked the car outside the cinema.This is a past simple sentence. It has one verb in the past tense - parked
This is past tense. Although the verb give is in the present form the tense is shown by the auxiliary verb do, which is in the past - did.
give The simple predicate is the verb or action word in the sentence.
Verbs are only simple when in a sentence, with one verb.I parked the car outside the cinema.This is a past simple sentence. It has one verb in the past tense - parked
The past simple of the verb phone is 'phoned' and in the sentence, it can be used as I phoned Martin.
It is a present tense irregular verb. BUT the sentence is a past simple sentence the didn't (did not) tells us the sentence is past.
give The simple predicate is the verb or action word in the sentence.
give The simple predicate is the verb or action word in the sentence.
To make the past simple sentence - I went to the cinema - a negative sentence we use did not/didn't = I didn't go to the cinema.The past, negative form of do (did not) shows us this is a past sentence. The main verb go is the base form.Past perfect is formed with - had + past participle.Negative past perfect is formed with - had not + past participle.So you can see this is different from a negative past simple verb phrase - did not + verb.The did not in past simple doesn't change to had not in past perfect, they are different verb phrases.