Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

By MULIADI, S.Pd​

​EIGHTH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Poll

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

• I AM VERY WELL

• I AM FINE

• FINE

• I AM NOT VERY WELL

PEMBAHASAN​​

Simple past tense digunakan untuk membicarakan suatu kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau dan berakhir pula di masa lampau dalam waktu yang spesifik. Kalimat dalam simple past tense ditandai dengan kata kerja kedua (verb2) yang menunjukkan waktu lampau.​

​RUMUS:​

Pola kalimat simple past tense terbagi menjadi 2 rumus, yaitu verbal simple past tense dan nominal simple past tense.​

1. ​VERBAL SIMPLE PAST

   (+) ​SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT

   (- ) SUBJECT + DID NOT + ​VERB 1 + OBJECT

   (?) D​ID + SUBJECT + VRB 1 + OBJECT

   Example: My mom and I went to the zoo yesterday.

   My mom and I did not go to the zoo yesterday.

   Did my mother and I go to the zoo yesterday?

​LANJUTAN

​2. NOMINAL SIMPLE PAST TENSE

(+) ​SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB

(- ) SUBJECT + WAS/WERE NOT + ​ADJECTIVE/ADVERB

(?) WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB

Example: I WAS HERE LAST NIGHT

THEY WERE NOT HOME YESTERDAY

WAS SHE HAPPY?

NOTES: WAS DIGUNAKAN UNTUK SUBYEK I, HE, SHE, IT

WERE DIGUNAKAN UNTUK SUBYEK YOU, WE, THEY ​

​ADVERB OF FREQUENCY

Karena tenses merupakan kalimat yang berkaitan dengan waktu, maka tentu ada keterangan waktunya. Perlu diingat, bahwa keterangan waktu yang digunakan adalah keterangan waktu lampau. Diantaranya adalah :

Yesterday : kemarin

The day before yesterday : sehari sebelum kemarin

Last night : tadi malam

Last week : pekan lalu

Last month : bulan lalu

A few days ago : beberapa hari lalu

Two weeks ago : dua minggu lalu​

Multiple Choice

Ratna . . . to my house, but I . . . at home.

• comes; isn't

• come; was

• came; wasn't

• came; isn't

Multiple Choice

Tomy . . . a story of Pinokio yesterday.

• reading

• readed

• reads

• read

​NAMA : MULIADI, S.Pd

INSTANSI​ : SMP NEGERI 61 SURABAYA

​THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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