Rule 1:- Past simple:- In this tense the work or action finishes in the past.
Example:-
- I tried. मैंने कोशिश की।
- I wanted to meet him.मैं उससे मिलना चाहता था।
- I went to the cinema three times last week. मैं पिछले हफ्ते तीन बार सिनेमा देखने गया।
- It was cold, so I shut the window. ठंड थी, इसलिए मैंने खिड़की बंद कर दी।
Rule 3:- We use did to make questions and negative sentences:
I | enjoyed |
They | saw |
They | went |
Did | you | enjoy? |
Did | she | see? |
Did | they | go? |
I | didn't | enjoy. |
She | didn't | see. |
They | didn't | go. |
- I didn't know how to drive car. मुझे कार चलाना नहीं आता था।
- I didn’t buy anything because I didn’t have any money. मैंने कुछ नहीं खरीदा क्योंकि मेरे पास पैसे नहीं थे।
- How many people did they invite to the wedding? उन्होंने शादी में कितने लोगों को आमंत्रित किया?
- I wasn’t hungry, so I didn’t eat anything. मुझे भूख नहीं थी, इसलिए मैंने कुछ नहीं खाया।
- Did you go out last night or were you too tired? क्या आप कल रात बाहर गए थे या आप बहुत थके हुए थे?
Rule 3:- We use the past simple with ago/ yesterday/ the day before yesterday/ yesterday morning/ last night/ last week/ last month/ last year/ the other day/ in 2008/ in April 2010
- She came here the other day. वह दूसरे दिन यहाँ आई थी।
- I completed his work last night. मैंने कल रात अपना काम पूरा किया।