Simple Past Tense

1. Fungsi

Simple Past Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu tindakan/kejadian/peristiwa/kegiatan yang selesai dilakukan pada waktu tertentu di masa lalu.

2. Keterangan Waktu
Adapun keterangan waktu yang digunakan adalah :
- yesterday (kemaren)
- last week (minggu lalu)
- last month (bulan lalu)
- last year (tahun lalu)
- two days ago ( 2 hari yang lalu)
- five years ago (lima tahun lalu)


3. Rumus Simple Past Tense

a). Kalimat Nominal
   (+) Subject + was/were + complement
   (-)  Subject + was/were + not + complement
   (?) Was/were + subject  + complement ?

- was digunakan untuk subjek :I, she, he, it
- were digunakan untuk subjek : you, they, we

Contoh kalimat:
  1. (+) She was late yesterday
    (-) She was not late yesterday
    (?) Was she late yesterday?

 2. (+)  They were at the school last week
    (-) They weren't at the school last week
    (?) Were they at school yesterday?


b) Kalimat Verbal

  (+)  Subject + verb2 + Complement
  (-)  Subject + did+ not + Verb1 + Complement
  (?) Did + subject + verb1 + complement ?

Contoh kalimat :
1. (+) We studied English last Friday
    (-) We did not study English last Friday
    (?) Did we study English last Friday?

2.  (+) He went to Singapore two days ago
     (-) He didn't go to Singapore two days ago
     (?) Did he go to Singapore two days ago?


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Simple Past Tense Exercise
Simple Past Tense Exercise : Jumbled Words