SIMPLE PAST TENSE

 Simple past tense adalah kalimat yang digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau dan selesai atau berakhir di masa lampau juga. Jadi, past tense digunakan apabila kamu bercerita di masa sekarang tentang aktivitas masa lalu.

keterangan waktu yang biasa digunakan adalah:

1. yesterday (kemarin)

2. last ............. / ............... ago. 

e.g : last two weeks (dua minggu yang lalu), three years ago ( tiga tahun yang lalu.

Rumus simple past tense


1. Menggunakan tobe / tidak ada kata kerja dalam kalimat

(+) Subject + to be (was/were) + complement

(-)  Subject +to be (was/were) + not + complement

(?) To be (was/were) + Subject + complement


subject yang menggunakan "was" => I, he, she, it, singular subject (subject tunggal)

subject yang menggunakan "were" => you, they, we, plural subject (subject jamak/banyak)


Example (contoh)

(+) Izhaam was at home yesterday. (Izhaam dirumah kemarin)

(-) izhaam was not at home yesterday. (Izhaam tidak dirumah kemarin)

(?) was izhaam at home yesterday? (apakah izhaam dirumah kemarin?)


2. Menggunakan verb/kata kerja


(+) Subject + verb 2 + complement

(-) Subject + did + not + verb 1

(?) Did + subject + verb 1


Example (contoh)

(+) The nurse went to the hospital yesterday. (Suster itu pergi ke rumah sakit kemarin.)

(-) The nurse didn’t go to the hospital yesterday. (Suster itu tidak pergi ke rumah sakit kemarin.)

(?) Did the nurse go to the hospital yesterday? (Apakah suster itu pergi ke rumah sakit kemarin?)


Verb 2 ada irregular (tidak beraturan) dan regular (beraturan)

irregular (tidak beraturan) sebaikanya kalian hafalkan.  bisa kalian temukan di kamus atau pada link berikut https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm 

contoh:

drink - drank

go - went

sing - sang

regular (beraturan) ini tinggal tambahkan "ed/d". jika kata tersebut tidak ada di daftar kata kerja irregular sudah oasti itu regular.

contoh:

play - played

fry - fried

talk - talked


sekarang coba kerjakan latihan dibawah ini.

1. Dinda menulis surat untuk ayah tadi malam.
(+)
(-)
(?)

2. Natasya sakit kemarin
(+)
(-)
(?)


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