materi simple past tense

By

Leli Hairani

Defenition of
simple past

tense

Example

Form Pettern
of Simple Past

Tense

The function of

simple past

tense

➢ What picture

is it?

➢ When did you

do
Breakfast?.

➢ Did you

breakfast?

Breakfast

The function of the simple
past tense is to indicate an
action, event, or state that

began and concluded in the

past,

- Yesterday

- Last night, last year.
- last week, last month

- Tihis morning

- Ago

FORM
PETTERN

VERBAL

NOMINAL

+) S+V2+O/C

?) Did+ S+V1+O/C?

-) S+ did(not)+V1+O/C

+) S+to be (was/were)+ANA

-) S+ to be +not +ANA

?) To be +S + ANA?

S

I

She
He
It

you
they
we

V1

V2

Eat

Ate

Cook

Cooked

Buy

Bought

Was

were

to
be

?) Did you eat cake yesterday?

-) You did not eat cake yesterday.

+) You Ate Cake Yesterday

VERBAL

+) S+ tobe(weV2+O/C

-) S+ did(not)+V1+O/C

?) Did+ S+V1+O/C?

?) Was She Sick Last Week?

-) She was not Sick Last Week.

+) She was Sick Last Week.

NOMINAL

+) S+to(was/were)+ANA

-) S+ to be +not +ANA

?) To be +S + ANA) ?

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