Simple Past Tense

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"simple past tense"

Simple Past Tense

Simple past tense is a tense that is used to express an event that happened in the past and has ended in the past. This sentence can also be used to show a habit that was done in the past.

The Example of Time Signal in Simple Past Tense:

• Yesterday

• Last night

• Last week

• Last year

• Last ............

• Two days ago

• ................ ago

The Formula of Simple Past Tense

In verbal sentences, the verb used is the second form of the verb (Verb 2). There are two types of verbs, namely regular verbs and irregular verbs. While in nominal sentences, simple past tense uses to be or auxiliary verbs in the form of was or were.

NOTE

Was is used to subject I, SHE, HE, and IT ( a car, a child, keysia, etc).

Were is used to subject YOU, THEY, and WE ( people, houses, etc).

The Formula and The Example of Verbal Sentence

• ( + ) S + Verb 2 + O

• ( + ) We went to the theater yesterday

• ( - ) S + did + not + Verb 1 + O

• ( - ) She did not (didn't) drink coffee last night

• ( ? ) Did + S + Verb 1 + O + ?

• ( ? ) did you visit a museum last week?

The Formula and The Example of Nominal Sentence

• ( + ) S + was/were + Complement (noun, adjective, and adverb)

• ( + ) Arin was at home last night

• ( - ) S + was/were + not + Complement (noun, adjective, and adverb)

• ( - ) They were not satisfied

• ( ? ) was/were + S + Complement (noun, adjective, and adverb) + ?

• ( ? ) was Rudy absent yesterday?

Let's Do The Exercise

Simple Past Tense

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank of the sentence!

1. I __________in Lamongan last week.

• am

• is

• was

• were

Fill in the Blanks

2. My mother was in the kitchen, she (memasak)

some cakes for four hours ago.

Multiple Choice

3. He __________ always study hard when he was a student

• did not

• does not

• do not

• did

Fill in the Blanks

4. The children (bernyanyi) _____ and (menari) ______ yesterday

Multiple Choice

5. We ________together last night

• are studying

• study

• studied

• studies

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