Simple Past Tense

Pengertian Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense adalah tenses yang digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu tindakan atau kejadian
yang terjadi di masa lalu. Jadi, kejadian yang diceritakan, dimulai dan berakhir di masa lalu.
Perhatikan dialog berikut ini.
Tasya : Hello, Bagus!
Bagus : Hi, Tasya!
Tasya : You  sang beautifully on the competition yesterday. The teacher must be so proud of you!
Bagus : Oh, thank you, Tasya! That's so kind of you.

Perhatikan kalimat "You sang beautifully on the competition yesterday."

"you" yang dimaksud dalam kalimat ini adalah Bagus. Seperti yang kita ketahui dari percakapan antara
Tasya dan Bagus di atas, Bagus mengikuti kompetisi menyanyi kemarin dan dalam kompetisi tersebut
Bagus menyanyi dengan indah. Nah, kejadian Bagus menyanyi ini terjadi di masa lalu dan telah
berakhir pula di masa lalu sehingga Tasya menggunakan Simple Past Tense pada kalimatnya. (sing =
sang)
 
Kegunaan Simple Past Tense
Tenses ini memang biasa digunakan dalam percakapan ketika pembicara menceritakan kejadian yang
sudah berlalu. Bisa juga digunakan ketika kita menulis cerita tentang pengalaman di masa lalu. Selain
itu, kita juga bisa menemui penggunaan tenses ini dalam buku-buku dongeng yang bercerita
tentang kisah-kisah di masa lalu.
 
Pola Kalimat Simple Past Tense
Pada tenses ini, verb yang digunakan adalah verb 2 untuk kalimat verbal dan be bentuk past (was,
were) untuk kalimat nominal.
Kalimat verbal adalah kalimat yang predikatnya menggunakan kata kerja (verb).
Kalimat nominal adalah kalimat yang predikatnya menggunakan be.
Kalimat Verbal
 I  ate  fried rice this morning. (Saya makan nasi goreng pagi ini)
 It snowed yesterday. (Kemarin bersalju)
Kalimat Nominal
 She was a student two years ago. (Dia adalah seorang murid dua tahun yang lalu)
 We were  so happy last summer. (Kami sangat bahagia musim panas yang lalu)

A. Kalimat Verbal
Ada 2 jenis kata kerja yaitu Regular Verb (kata kerja beraturan) dan Irregular Verb (kata kerja
tidak beraturan).
1. Regular Verb
Bentuk kata kerja beraturan dalam pembentukannya ditambahkan –ed atau –d.
Ada beberapa aturan dalam pembentukan kata kerja beraturan:
a. Sebagian besar kata kerja beraturan ditambahkan -ed pada kata kerja dasar (Verb 1)
I walked to Dian’s house yesterday. (walk + ed = walked)
Saya berjalan ke rumah Dian kemarin.
b. Jika kata kerja dasar berakhiran dengan huruf e maka cukup tambahkan -d.
The shop closed early last night. (close + d = closed)
 Toko tutup lebih awal tadi malam.
c. Jika kata kerja dasar berakhiran dengan huruf konsonan + y maka ubahlah huruf y
menjadi i lalu tambahkan -ed.
Shinta studied English last night. (study + ed = studied)
Shinta belajar Bahasa Inggris tadi malam.
d. Jika kata kerja dasar berakhiran dengan huruf vokal + y maka huruf y tetap lalu
tambahkan –ed.
The children played football last week. (play + ed = played)
Anak-anak bermain sepak bola minggu lalu.
e. Jika kata kerja dasar terdiri dari satu suku kata dan berakhiran dengan huruf konsonan +
vokal + konsonan maka huruf konsonan ditulis dobel lalu tambahkan –ed.
The car stopped suddenly at that time. (stop + ed = stopped)
Mobil berhenti tiba-tiba pada waktu itu.

(+) Affirmative Sentence (-) Negative Sentence

Subject Verb 2 Object Adverb Subject Didn’t Verb 1 Object Adverb
I I
You You
We We
They played tennis yesterday They did not play tennis yesterday
He He (didn’t)
She She
It It

(?) Interrogative Sentence

Did Subject Verb 1 Object Adverb Subjec
Yes Subject Did No Didn’t
t
I
I I
you
you you
we
we we
Did they play tennis yesterday?
Yes, they did No, they didn’t
he
he he
she
she she
it
it it

Verb 1 Verb 2 Meaning Verb 1 Verb 2 Meaning

arrive arrived tiba explain explained menjelaskan
ask asked bertanya fix fixed memperbaiki
beg begged meminta fry fried menggoreng
borrow borrowed meminjam hop hopped melompat
call called memanggil pray prayed berdoa
carry carried membawa rub rubbed menggosok
cry cried menangis stay stayed tinggal
dance danced menari use used menggunakan
drop dropped menjatuhkan visit visited mengunjungi
enjoy enjoyed menikmati want wanted ingin
 2. Irregular Verb
Verb 1 Verb 2 Meaning Verb 1 Verb 2 Meaning
begin began mulai lose lost kehilangan
build built membangun make made membuat
choose chose memilih meet met bertemu
drink drank minum pay paid membayar
do did mengerjakan ride rode mengendarai
eat ate makan say said berkata
fall fell jatuh sit sat duduk
feel felt merasa swim swam berenang
find found menemukan speak spoke berbicara
go went pergi win won memenangkan

  Ada beberapa kata kerja yang bentuk irregular verbnya sama dengan bentuk kata dasarnya.
Verb 1 Verb 2 Meaning
cut cut memotong
hit hit memukul
let let membiarkan
put put meletakkan
read read membaca
set set mengatur

(+) Affirmative Sentence (-) Negative Sentence

Subjec
Verb 2 Object Adverb Subjec
t Didn’t Verb 1 Object Adverb
t
I
I
You
You
We
We did not
They ate dinner last night
They (didn’t) eat dinner last night
He
He
She
She
It
It

(?) Interrogative Sentence

Subjec Subjec
Did Verb 1 Object Adverb Yes Did No Subject Didn’t
t t
I I I
you you you
we we we
Did they eat dinner last night? Yes, they did No, they didn’t
he he he
she she she
it it it
 B. Kalimat Nominal
Bentuk Simple Past Tense dalam kalimat nominal menggunakan be (was, were).

(+) Affirmative Sentence (-) Negative Sentence

Subject Be Complement Subject Be + not Complement
I I
He was He was not
She She (wasn’t)
It at home yesterday It at home yesterday
You You were not
We were We (weren’t)
They They

(?) Interrogative Sentence

Be Subject Complement Yes Subject Be No Subject Be+not
I I I
Was He he was he wasn’t
She she she
It at home yesterday? Yes, it No, it
You you you
Were We we were we weren’t
They they they

Complete the following sentences with was or were.

1. You ............................. here yesterday.
2. It ............................. sunny last Sunday.
3. She ............................. alright this morning.
4. They ............................. ready for the test an hour ago.
5. We ............................. in London last year.

Change the verbs in brackets into Simple Past Tense form.

1. Kirana ............................. (run) so fast because there ............................. (be) a dog.
2. My neighbours finally ............................. (catch) the thief.
3. Mia and I ............................. (borrow) some books from the library.
4. My family ............................. (miss) the plane because we ............................. (wake up) late.
5. I ............................. (write) to my penpals in Jambi.
6. Mum can’t remember where she ............................. (put) the wallet.
7. Budi ............................. (buy) some CDs in the mall.
8. Mr. Dani ............................. (teach) and ............................. (speak) English in the class.
9. The school janitor ............................. (sweep) the floor last night.
10. The kids ............................. (wear) uniform to kindergarten.