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Simple past tense

Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian atau keadaan di masa lampau.
Tidak ada hubungannya dengan masa sekarang.
Rumus :
1. Verbal
(+) S + V2 + O
(-) S + did + not + V1 + O
(?) Did + S + V1 + O?

e.g
(+) John spent his holiday in the room yesterday.
(?) John did not spend his holiday in the room yesterday.
(-) Did John spend his holiday in the room yesterday?
2. Nominal
(+) S + was/were + A.N.A
(-) S + was / were + not + A.N.A
(?) Was/were + S + A.N.A?

e.g
(+) I was sleepy.
(-) I was not sleepy.
(?) Was I sleepy?

Time signal :
Yesterday. Last time, two days ago, last night,...