Past Tense for Class 8

Hello, Children’s Today  We are going to Learn English Grammar Past Tense For Class 8. Past Tense Definition, Example, and Exercise and Types of past tense and We’ll do present tense practice by the Exercise/Worksheet of present tense for Class 8? Here we have given CBSE English Grammar past tense for class 8.

What do you mean by tenses?

Tense is the grammatical name, tenses are the various forms of the main verb. Tenses notify us when the subject did something and how the action took place or The tense of a verb is determine the time of an action, event.

In English, we divide tense broadly into three main parts-

What is past tense?

It is the verb that connects to an activity or an incident that happened in the past. Past tense applies to the moment or incident that took a position in the time by going.

Examples of past tense for class 8

1. I worked in the school.
2. She bought a new car.
3. I was not present at the meeting.
4. Dr. Sharma went to Delhi last month.
5. Jenny performed on the school annual day.

Past tense is divided into four time slots.

1. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
2. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
3. PAST PERFECT TENSE
4. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. SIMPLE PAST TENSE 

Simple past tense is utilized to refer to something that passed at an appropriate time in the past and is completed as a one-time activity. It has nothing to do with time soon or present. It is applied for past activity or experience that is unrelated to the present. Simple past tense is the single tense in which the second form of the verb is practiced.

Simple past tense is utilized to express the following:

⇒  An activity that was created in the past

⇒  Past habit

Structure 

(a) Active voice: Subject + Verb (past tense).

(b) Passive voice: Subject + be (was/were) + Past Participle.

Formation

In Affirmative Sentence, the second form of the verb is used with all persons. Subject + second form of verb + complement/object

In Negative Sentence, place ‘did not’ after the subject and use the first form of the verb. Subject + did not + first form of verb + complement/object

In Interrogative Sentence, place ‘did’ before the subject and use the first form of the verb after the subject. Did + subject + first form of verb + object or wh question + did + subject + first form of verb + object

Example of simple past tense for class 8 

1. I got a new job yesterday.
2.  I lived in goa from 2001.
3. She passed the chartered accountant examination last week.
4. Did you buy coffee from this cafe yesterday?
5. Aarvi did not play for one hour.

2. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past continuous tense indicates an activity continuous in the past. Past continuous tense is utilized to show the following:

⇒ An action that was going on for some moment in the past.

⇒ The beginning of another event when the first action is not yet over.

⇒  To express an often repeated past action.

Structure

(a) Subject + was/were + verb + ing + object

Formation

 According to the subject, in Affirmative Sentences, we use was/were /were the subject, with the first form of the verb + ing. Subject + was/were + first form of verb + ing.

In Negative Sentences, we put ‘not‘ between the helping verb and the present participle (first form + ing) of the main verb. Subject + was/were + not + first form of verb + ing.

In Interrogative Sentences, the helping verb is put before the subject. Was/were + subject + first form of verb + ing or wh question + was/were + subject + first form of verb.

Examples of past continuous tense for class 8

1. Were they looking for a missing mobile phone?
2. She was weeping in the room.
3. Where were the children dancing?
4. I was sitting in the society with my grandmother.
5. Children were not praying in the school assembly.

3. PAST PERFECT TENSE

Past perfect tense put the past action into a sequence. The past perfect tense is used to express the following:

⇒ An action took place in the past

⇒ An action completed in the past

⇒ An unfulfilled desire of the past

⇒ An impossible condition of the past

Structure 

(a) Action Voice: Subject + had + Past participle

(b) Passive Voice: Subject + had + been + past participle

Formation

In Affirmative Sentences, ‘had‘ and the third form of the verb is used with all the subjects. Subject + had + past participle.

In Negative Sentences, use ‘not‘ after ‘had‘. Subject + had + not + past participle.

In Interrogative Sentences, ‘had‘ is placed before the subject. Had + subject + past participle or Wh question + had + not + subject + past participle?

Example of past perfect tense for class 8 

1. Raman had eaten his lunch before she came.
2. The USA flight had taken off before we reached.
3. Had the kids slept before her grandmother came?
4. Varun had not finished the classwork before you came.
5. Why hadn’t you prepared for the dance competition.

4. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past perfect continuous tense is used to show the following

⇒ An activity that was continuing at some time in the past when another action took place simultaneously

⇒ An action that is already finished but its effect or result persists

Structure 

(a) Subject + had + been + verb (‘ing’ form)

Formation 

In Affirmative Sentences, had been and the present participle is used with all the subject. Subject + had + been + present participle + for/since

In Negative Sentences, ‘not‘ is introduced between ‘had’ and ‘been’. Subject+ had + not + been + present participle + for/since.

In Interrogative Sentences, ‘had‘ precedes the subject and been follows it. Had + subject + not + been + present particle + for/since? or Wh question + has + not subject + been + present participle + for/ since?

Example for past perfect continuous tense for class 8

1. Gaurav had been playing a videogame for two hours.
2. He had not been dancing for the last year.
3. Nitin had been wasting his time for two hours.
4. Why hadn’t Abhimanyu been attending tuition classes since June?
5. Had Vansh not been standing for one hour?

Worksheet of past tense for class 8     

Fill the sentence with correct present tense and past tense.

1. Rahim had been cooking ____ (for/since) 3 o’clock.
2.  Raheja had ____ (taken/took) your purse. 
3. She had been making cake ___ (since/from) 8 a.m.
4. He ___ (drink/drinks) cold coffee in the evening. 
5. Varun and his friends ____ (has been/were) playing badminton for 3 hours. 
6. They ____ (goes/go) to ground at 7 a.m. 
7. Neha ____ (had been/is) playing guitar for three hours.
8. My friends ____ (were/was) coming by own car.
9. The teacher was ____ (teaching/taught) us maths at that time.
10. Mishu ___ (gone/went) to the school.

Answers:

1. since
2. taken
3. since
4. drinks 
5. had been
6. go
7. had been
8. were
9. teaching 
10. went

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