Past simple tense
This page shows the conjugation of the verb know in the past simple.
Note: the past simple is also called the simple past or the preterite.
Positive statements
Singular
Plural
1st person
I knew ..
we knew ..
2nd person
you knew ..
you knew ..
3rd person
he/she/it knew ..
they knew ..
Negative statements
Singular
Plural
1st person
I didn't know ..
we didn't know ..
2nd person
you didn't know ..
you didn't know ..
3rd person
he/she/it
didn't
know ..
they didn't know ..
Questions
Singular
Plural
1st person
did I know .. ?
did we know .. ?
2nd person
did you know .. ?
did you know .. ?
3rd person
did don't
he/she/it know .. ?
did they know .. ?
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