English grammar · Basic English (A2) · 12 min
Simple past tense in Hindi: Rules and examples
Kal, pichhle hafte aur pehle ho chuke kaam batane ke liye past verbs, did aur didn't ki practice karein.
Simple past tense in Hindi: understand the rule
Aap kal ke teen kaam bata sakenge, past ka sawaal pooch sakenge aur did/didn't ke baad base verb use kar sakenge.
Dost ko apna weekend batana ho ya interview mein pichhla project samjhana ho, past simple kaam aata hai. Is lesson mein pehle ho chuke events aur past ki situations ki practice karein.
Hindi mein kal ka matlab beeta hua din ya aane waala din ho sakta hai. English mein yesterday beeta hua din aur tomorrow aane waala din hai. Sentence bolne se pehle time clear karein.
Positive sentence mein past form
Kai verbs mein -ed ya -d lagta hai: call se called, finish se finished, live se lived. Kuch verbs ka alag form hota hai, jaise go se went. Aise useful irregular verbs ko apne experience ke sentence ke saath yaad karein.
Action verbs ka past form I, she, we aur they ke saath aam taur par same rahta hai. Aap I called, she called aur they called keh sakte hain. Pehle ek kaam batayein, phir yesterday ya last week jaise words se samay jodein.
Did aaya to main verb base form mein
Sawaal ke liye did aur negative ke liye didn't use karein. Dono ke baad main verb past form mein nahi rahta. Went wapas go, sent wapas send aur called wapas call ban jaata hai.
Apne beete din ka ek positive sentence bolein. Ab usi par sawaal aur negative banayein. Ek hi situation ko teen forms mein bolne se did ke baad verb badalne ki aadat banegi.
Was/were ka alag pattern
Be ke past mein I/he/she/it ke saath was aur you/we/they ke saath were use karein. Sawaal mein was/were aage aata hai aur negative mein uske baad not. Yahan did mat jodein.
Past mein poora hua kaam aur us waqt chal raha kaam alag hain. Is lesson mein 'I finished the report yesterday' jaise poore hue kaamon ki practice hai. Har Hindi sentence mein 'raha tha' dekhkar past simple use na karein; past mein chal rahe action ka continuous pattern alag hai.
Sentence pattern and quick reference
Sentence pattern
Positive: subject + past verb | Negative: subject + didn't + base verb | Sawaal: Did + subject + base verb? | Be ka past: was/were
| Base verb | Past form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| call | called | I called the office. |
| finish | finished | We finished the task. |
| go | went | She went to college. |
| buy | bought | He bought a ticket. |
| send | sent | I sent the document. |
| be | was / were | The shops were closed. |
English sentences with Hindi meanings
Example 1
I finished my assignment last night.
Maine kal raat apna assignment poora kiya.
Example 2
She went to Indore last month.
Woh pichhle mahine Indore gayi thi.
Example 3
We bought two tickets yesterday.
Humne kal do tickets khareede.
Example 4
I didn't send the message.
Maine message nahi bheja.
Didn't ke baad send; sent nahi.
Example 5
Did you speak to the manager?
Kya aapne manager se baat ki?
Example 6
The office was closed on Monday.
Monday ko office band tha.
Example 7
Were you at home yesterday evening?
Kya aap kal shaam ghar par the?
Be ke sawaal mein were ko pehle laayein; did nahi chahiye.
Common mistakes and corrections
Instead of
I didn't went to the market.
Say this
I didn't go to the market.
Didn't pehle hi past dikhata hai. Main verb base form go mein rahega.
Instead of
Did you called the office?
Say this
Did you call the office?
Did wale sawaal mein called ki jagah call use karein.
Instead of
Did you were busy yesterday?
Say this
Were you busy yesterday?
Be ke past form were se seedha sawaal banta hai. Did jodne ki zaroorat nahi.
Try it yourself
Pehle apna jawab bolein. Phir sample answer aur explanation dekhein.
1. Past form bharein: I ___ (send) my CV yesterday.
Show answer and explanation
I sent my CV yesterday.
Maine kal apna CV bheja.
Send ka irregular past form sent hai.
2. Negative banayein: They bought a new phone.
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They didn't buy a new phone.
Unhone naya phone nahi khareeda.
Didn't ke baad bought wapas base form buy mein aata hai.
3. Sawaal banayein: She finished the task.
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Did she finish the task?
Kya unhone task poora kiya?
Did se sawaal shuru karein aur main verb finish rakhein.
4. Blank bharein: We ___ at the library yesterday.
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We were at the library yesterday.
Hum kal library mein the.
We ke saath be ka past form were aata hai.
Say it in your own words
Beete hue kal ke teen kaam aur ek situation batayein. Ek regular verb, ek irregular verb aur ek was/were sentence use karein. Phir kisi dost se unke kal ke din par do Did you...? sawaal poochne ki practice karein.
