Past Tense

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

By Muryanti Muryanti

​Simple Past Tense

~​ Meaning & Use

~​ Form (structure)

~​ Exercise

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​MEANING AND USE

When do we use the Simple Past tense?​

~​ nWe use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

~​ nWhat are some common time expressions used with the past tense?

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patterns of simple past tense

​affirmative/ positive sentence

~​ Subject + Verb 2 + Object

We attended ​the festival last week

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Subject + to be (was/were) + adjective/adverb

She was absent yesterday​

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patterns of simple past tense

​Negative sentence

~​ Subject + did not + infinitive verb + object

We did not attend the festival last week

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Subject + to be (was/were) + not + adjective/adverb

She was not absent yesterday​

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patterns of simple past tense

​interrogative sentence

~​ Did + subject + infinitive verb + object ?

Did they attend the festival last week ?

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Was/were + subject + adjective/adverb ?

Was she absent yesterday​ ?

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Multiple Choice

1. .I………to the school alone yesterday

• walk

• walked

• walks

• walking

Multiple Choice

2. we……in this restaurant 2 days ago

• ate

• eaten

• eating

• eat

Multiple Choice

3. We….. to aceh two weeks ago

• gone

• come

• went

• go

Multiple Choice

4. They……. this music two hours ago

• listen

• listening

• be listen

• listened

Multiple Choice

5. Anita……me in this market yesterday

• meeting

• meets

• met

• meet