SIMPLE PAST TENSE

SIMPLE  PAST  TENSE

Simple past tense digunakan untuk menyatakan perbuatan atau kejadian yang terjadi pada masa lampau dan tidak ada hubungannya dengan sekarang.

The definition of simple past tense:

The simple past tense is used to talk about activities or situations

that began and ended in the past.

• Frequency adverbs / Adverbs of time of past forms :

 Last year 

  last month

 last week

 last day

yesterday

 

a moment ago 

 some minutes ago

 two days ago

some hour ago

 long long ago

  in 1945

  in 2005

 this morning

 the day before yesterday, etc.

1.                       THE PAST FORMS OF BE

To be : is, am, are, was, were. ( the meaning is “adalah, berada, dan apakah” )

Subject	Past Forms	Present Forms
I	was	am
YOU	were	are
WE
THEY
HE	was	is
SHE
IT

1. THE PAST FORMS OF BE explain a noun/ person, adver of the place, the adjectives.

The patterns of Statements : S + TO BE (WAS, WERE) + ………      

      I was a students five years a go

      They were the policeman 10 years ago

      We were at home last night

      She was at the beach yesterday

The patterns of Negative :  S + TO BE (WAS, WERE ) + NOT + ……..

                                                S + wasn’t/weren’t

      I wasn’t  a students five years a go

      They weren’t  the policeman 10 years ago

      We weren’t  at home last night

      She wasn’t  at the beach yesterday

The patterns of Question or Interrogative : WAS/WERE + S + …… ?

      Was I a students five years a go ?

      Were they  the policeman 10 years ago ?

       Were we at home last night ?

      Was she at the beach yesterday ?

      Was your sister a nurse two years ago ?

      Were you angry ten minutes ago ?

      Was Toni at the library a moment ago ?

Positive	Negative	Question
I was. You were. We were. They were. He was. She was. It was.	I was not. You were not. We were not. They were not. He was not. She was not. It was not.	Was I? Were you? Were we? Were they? Was he? Was she? Was it?

2.                       THE PAST FORMS OF  REGULAR VERB

Here are some spelling rules for regular verbs :

Add	Invinitive	Past / Participle
Most regular verbs : Add - ed	Work Help Start	Worked Helped Started
Verbs ending in – e Add - d	Hope Like Decide	Hoped Liked Decided
Short verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant : Double the consonant and add - ed	Stop Plan Regret	Stopped Planned Regretted
Verbs ending in consonant + y : Change “y” to “i” and add - ed	Cry Study Hurry	Cried Studied Hurried

a.       The patterns of Statements : S + VERB 2 + ………

      I cooked spaghetti yesterday

      Tania visited her aunt last night

      The baby cried very loud ten minutes ago

      My father worked in the zoo last year

b.      The patterns of Negative :  S + DID NOT +  VERB 1 + ……..

      I didn’t cook  spaghetti yesterday

      Tania didn’t visit her aunt last night

      The baby didn’t cry very loud ten minutes ago

      My father didn’t work  in the zoo last year

c.       The patterns of Question or Interrogative : DID + S + VERB 1 +  …… ?

      Did you  cook  spaghetti yesterday ?

      Did Tania visit her aunt last night ?

      Did The baby cry very loud ten minutes ago ?

      Did your  father work  in the zoo last year ?

d.      Short Answer

Yes, I did

No, I didn’t

Most Verbs

Most verbs conjugate by adding -ed like the verb "wait" below.

Positive	Negative	Question
I waited. You waited. We waited. They waited. He waited. She waited. It waited.	I did not wait. You did not wait. We did not wait. They did not wait. He did not wait. She did not wait. It did not wait.	Did I wait? Did you wait? Did we wait? Did they wait? Did he wait? Did she wait? Did it wait?

3.                       THE PAST FORMS OF  IRREGULAR VERB

INVINITIVE	PAST / PARTICIPLE
Sing	Sang
Tell	Told
Read	Read
Feed	Fed
Write	wrote
Cut	Cut
Go	Went
Do	Did
Bring	Brought
Buy	Bought
Give	Gave

a.       The patterns of Statements : S + VERB 2 + ………

      I went  to school this morning

      My brother did the homework last nigt

      The thief ran away last night

      Dono sat here a moment ago

b.      The patterns of Negative :  S + DID NOT +  VERB 1 + ……..

      I didn’t go to school this morning

      My brother didn’t do the homework last night

      The thief didn’t run away last night

      Dono didn’t sit here a moment ago

c.       The patterns of Question or Interrogative : DID + S + VERB 1 +  …… ?

      Did you go to school this morning ?

      Did your brother do the homework last night ?

      Did the thief run away last night ?

      Did Dono sit here a moment ago ?

Positive	Negative	Question
I had. You had. We had. They had. He had. She had. It had.	I did not have. You did not have. We did not have. They did not have. He did not have. She did not have. It did not have.	Did I have? Did you have? Did we have? Did they have? Did he have? Did she have? Did it have?