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4.  Mr Gill :  Your son is very rude.

                                     Mrs Varma :  No, I                           . He is a very polite child.

                                 5.  Lallo tells lies and steals things. He is a                              person.




                   C          Grammar



                    Past Simple

                    Read the sentences given below:

                           1. Vani saw the moon in a bowl of water.

                           2. The frog jumped into the pond.

                           3.  Last week the boys played football every afternoon.

                           4.  Jamini and Frieda swam every Sunday in the summer holidays.

                            •  The past simple tense tells us about actions completed in the past.

                                (1 and 2)

                            •  It also tells us about habits or repeated actions in the past. (3
                                and 4)

                    Read the following tables:


                          a)              Singular                       Plural

                                          I did                          we did

                                          you did                        you did
                                          he did

                                          she did                        they did

                                          it did


                          b)              Singular                       Short form

                                          I did not                      I didn’t

                                          you did not                    you didn’t

                                          he did not                     he didn’t

                                          she did not                    she didn’t

                                          it did not                     it didn’t

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