Simple Past tense &

Passive Voice
AZHARI ISLAMIC SCHOOL LEBAK BULUS – JUNIOR
HIGH
ENGLISH 8TH GRADE (SECOND SEMESTER)
BY LUSY SYARIFAH, S.S
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
The simple past tense is a tense sentence used
to express events that occurred in the past and
have ended in the past.
How to form simple past tense sentence?

In the simple past tense, the verb used is the second form
of the verb. There are two types of verbs, namely regular
verbs and irregular verbs. For regular verbs, add -ed / -d
after the first form verb.
Regular verb
• Stay – stayed (Tinggal)
• Punch – Punched (Memukul)
• Play – Played (Bermain)
• Touch – Touched (Menyentuh)
Irregular verb
• Awake – Awoke (Terbangun)
• Begin – Began (Memulai)
• Drink – Drank (Minum)
• Eat – ate (Makan)
• Run – ran (Berlari)
irregular verbs that have the same
verb form as the basic verb form.
• Put – Put (Meletakkan)
• Split – Split (Membagi)
• Spread – Spread (Menyebarkan)
• Set – Set (Mengatur)
• Cut – Cut (Memotong)
simple past tense sentence formula
(+)S + V2 or S + was/were
(-) S + did not/didn’t + V1 or S + was/were + not
(?)Did + S + V1 or was/were + S
Sample of Sentence
1. Last Monday, Joni got in an accident at the office 
2. Dani bought new laptops last night. 
3. I did not sleep well last night. 
4. Rani did not come to the office yesterday. 
5. Did you see my bag on the table? 
6. Did the student come to school?
Passive voice
What is Passive voice?
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not
important or not known, however, who or what is performing the
action.
• Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was
stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle
Example: A letter was written.
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the
following:
• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the
passive sentence
• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the
passive sentence (or is dropped)