3.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

 KALIMAT NOMINAL
Kalimat nominal untuk simple past tense adalah sebagai berikut :

Subject + was/were + complement

Contoh :
 I was in Bali last week.  They were very happy.
 He was very busy yesterday.  We were happy.
 She was here just now

NOTE : I, he, she, it, Andi ------ was

We, you, they ------ were

 KALIMAT VERBAL

Subject + Verb 2

Contoh :
 John went to Thailand last month.  I met my father three days ago.
 He visited me yesterday.  They drank tea this morning.
 She wrote a letter to her mother last week.

Simple Past Tense digunakan untuk :

1) Mengungkapkan suatu kejadian yang terjadi di waktu tertentu di masa lampau.
 Andri was here yesterday
 He played tennis last Sunday.

2) Mengungkapkan suatu kebiasaan atau kejadian yang berulang-ulang di masa lampau.

 He always studied hard when he was a student.
 In the past, he smoked almost everyday.
 You always cried everyday when you were a baby.

Tanda waktu(time markers) yang biasa dipakai dalam simple past tense adalah sebagai
berikut :
 Yesterday (kemarin).
 Just now (tadi).
 Last … : last week (minggu lalu), last month (bulan lalu), last year (tahun lalu), last
Monday (Senin lalu), last February (Februari lalu).
 … ago : three days ago (tiga hari yang lalu), two weeks ago (dua minggu lalu), two
years ago (dua tahun lalu).

UNTUK CONTOH2 KALIMAT PAST TENSE, SILAHKAN DIBUKA LKS BHS INGGRIS
HALAMAN 40. LALU KERJAKAN JUGA SOAL LATIHANNYA DI HALAMAN 42.
ACTIVITY 3 SOAL NOMOR 1 SAMPAI 10.
DAN INI LATIHAN TAMBAHAN YG JUGA HARUS KALIAN
KERJAKAN.
Exercise 1.
Change into Past Tense.
1. The students (to be ) in the hall yesteday
2. My father (meet) the guests at the airport last night
3. We (spend) our holiday in Bali two years ago
4. You (hear) what I said?
5. The teacher (have) a meeting yesterday?
6. They (not to be) at home last night
7. The children (read) the books in their bedrooms last night
8. Mr. Hartono (pass) away three years ago
9. I ( to be) angry with him this morning
10. The manager ( not prepare) the presentation yesteday

4. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

 KALIMAT NOMINAL
Kalimat nominal untuk simple past tense adalah sama dengan kalimat nominal pada simple
past tense.

 Kalimat Verbal Subject + was/were + verb-ing

Contoh :
 Susi was watching television when I came.
 The young lady was sleeping when her child went away.
 When I was writing a story, my friend came.
 The director phoned me when I was attending a meeting.
 Sandy was watching television, while Endra was reading a novel.
 Doni was studying at eight o’clock last night.

Past Continuous Tense digunakan untuk mengungkapkan :

1) Suatu tindakan yang muncul di masa lampau dan disela atau diinterupsi oleh tindakan atau
kejadian yang lain.
 Susi was watching television when I came.
Susi sedang menonton TV (waktu itu) ketika saya datang. Artinya, saat susi sedang
nonton TV, diinterupsi oleh kedatangan saya. Kejadian yg sedang dilakukan memakai
bentuk Past Cont Tense, sedangkan kejadian yg menginterupsi memakai bentuk Pst
Tense (Verb ke 2)
2) Dua kejadian atau tindakan yang muncul pada waktu yang sama di masa lampau.
 Sandy was watching television, while Endra was reading a novel.
Sandy sedang nonton TV sementara Endra juga sedang baca novel. Artinya ada 2 orang
yg melakukan sebuah kegiatan yg berbeda tapi dalam waktu yg bersamaan, makanya
dua kalimat ini sama2 menggunakan bentuk Past Continous Tense
3) Suatu tindakan atau kejadian yang sedang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau.
 Doni was studying at eight o’clock last night.
Pada kalimat ini terdapat makna bahwa pada pukul delapan kemarin malam, sedang terjadi
sebuah peristiwa, yaitu “Doni was studying”.

Tanda waktu (time markers) yang dipakai dalam past continuous tense:
 When (ketika, pada saat).
 While (sementara, ketika).
 At (pukul) : at 8 o’clock last night.

UNTUK CONTOH2 KALIMAT PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE, SILAHKAN DIBUKA

LKS BHS INGGRIS HALAMAN 40. LALU KERJAKAN JUGA SOAL LATIHANNYA DI
HALAMAN 43. ACTIVITY 4 DAN ACTIVITY 5, SOAL NOMOR 1 SAMPAI 10.

DAN INI LATIHAN TAMBAHAN YG JUGA HARUS KALIAN

KERJAKAN.
Exercise 2: TENSES (Past Tense dan Past Continuous Tense)
Choose either the simple past tense or past continuous tense in the following sentences
you consider appropriate.
1. Jane _____ (listen) to music when her classmate came.
2. I was sweeping the floor while my sister _____ (clean) the bathroom.
3. When Ito _____ (come) home, his sister was studying maths.
4. Indri _____ (go) to California last year.
5. When I was waiting for my wife, my son _____ (call) me.
6. At six o’clock this morning, my father _____ (read) newspaper.
7. While Hasan was interviewing the winner, Andi _____ (record) the interview.
8. The participants of the meeting were talking when the director _____ (enter) the room.
9. Tejo _____ (write) his thesis in his boarding house when someone knocked at the door.
10. At seven yesterday morning, my grandpa and grandma (drink) coffee while my mother
_____ (sit) next to them.