ee Derinisi Simple past tense adalah bentuk tense yang digunakan untuk menyatakan fakta, kebiasaan, atau kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau (past). Sehingga kegiatan atau rutinitas kita di masa lalu dapat diungkapkan dengan tense ini, Demikian pula dengan keadaan atau kondisi kita, seperti: °S (skipped my morning coftee yesterday, he It rained slightly two days ago. °S In1999. the city changed its name, ey RumUs Simple past tense memiliki dua rumus. Yang pertama disebut verbal dan dipakai ketika terdapat verb (kata kerja). Yang kedua disebut nominal dan digunakan tatkala tidak terdapat verb. di rumus kedua ini. DengAn VERB (verBany +) Pola Vyou/ue/they + V2 She/heft + V2 eg Contoh Vyou/we/they liked meat She/he/it liked meat By ~ Catatavindahins Sebagai gantinya, be (was, were) perlu ditambahkan ao () 'W Pola Vyou/we/they + did + not + V1 She/he/it + did + not + V1 ‘wW Contoh W/you/we/they did not like meat She/he/it did not like meat (G) 'w Pola id + Vyou/ue/they + V1? Did + she/hesit + V1? Yes, she/helit + did —No, she/he/it + did + not 6 Contoh Did |/you/we/they like meat? Did she/he/it like meat? —Yes, shejhe/it did —No, she/he/it didn’t Keterangan: ‘Dalam kalimat positit. semua subjek + V2 ‘W Dalam bahasa Inggris. V2 bentuknya ada yang beraturan (regular) dan tidak beraturan (irregular), eS Regular verbs: V1 + died look = looked°F Irregular verbs: put = put uurite = wrote come = came '~W Dalam kalimat negatif. semua verb kembali ke V1 'W did + not = didn’t TANPA VERB (NOMINAL) (+) Pola You/we/they + were + pelengkap Ushe/he/it + was + pelengkap ° Contoh You/we/they were thin Vshe/he/it was thin () “Pola You/we/they + were + not + pelengkap Ushe/he/it + was + not + pelengkap w Contoh You/ue/they were not thin W/she/he/it was not thin we/they + were + not + pelengkap Vshe/he/it + was + not + pelengkap Were + you/ue/they + pelengkap? Was + W/she/he/it + pelengkap? — Yes, Vshe/he/it + were —No, I/she/he/it + was + not i Contoh Were you/we/they thin? Was I/she/he/it thin? — Yes, I/she/he/it was — No, Vshe/he/it wasn't Keterangan: "8 Pronoun “I” menggunakan was dalam pola ini, sejajar dengan she/he/it °W Was + not = wasn't ww Were + not = weren't " Tunesi ‘Untuk menyatakan kejadian di masa lampau yang Contoh: “2 Untuk menyatakan takta di masa tatu ‘wW Untuk menyatakan kebiasaan di masa lampqu waktunya jelas yesterday five minutes ago an hour ago three days ago last night last week last month last year this morning in 2010 Last year. traveled to Japan, (Tahun lalu, saya pergi ke Jepang,) Contoh: It was the worst storm to hit London this century, (Itu adalah badai terburuk yang menghantam London abad ini.) (used to) Contoh: He used to call me last week, (bia terbiasa/ sering menelponku minggu kemarin.)