SIMPLE PAST TENSE

What did you do last night?

What did you do the day before?
What did Helen do this morning?
What did your roommate do two
days ago?
What did Zahra do last Sunday?
Where did you go yesterday
evening?

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

It tells about past activities, past
habit and fact in the past.
Adverb of time:
-Yesterday
-Yesterday morning
-Last month
-Last Thursday
-Five minutes ago
-Three days ago
-A week ago

 Simple Past Tense is divided

into two:
- Simple Past Tense Using
Verb
- Simple Past Tense Using To
Be
Simple Past Tense Using
Verb
- It tells about past activities
and past habit.

Regular and Irregular Verb

Irregular
Regular Verb
Verb
N
O

VERB 1

erase

watch

VERB 2 MEANING
erased

watched

Menghapu
s
menonton

NO

VERB 1 VERB 2

MEANI
NG

swim

Swam

Berenan
g

drink

drank

Minum

carry

Carried

Membawa

sleep

slept

Tidur

play

played

memainka
n

eat

ate

Makan

-d, -ed, -ied

Rulefinal
1: Add d
If the
letter is e
and before e
is followed by
consonant
letter

smile
smiled
erase

Rule 2: Add -ed

If the final letter is

consonant and before
the final letter there
is vowel
Ex: stop stopped
rub rubbed
play played

Ex:

Exceptions:
fix fixed
snow snowed
visit visited

Rule 3: Add -ied

If the final letter is y and
before y there is consonant
letter.

Ex: study studied

carry carried
cry
cried

EXERCISE
REGULAR VERB
N
O

VERB 1

VERB 2

MEANING

Enjoy

Enjoyed

Menikmati

Fold

Folded

Melipat

Drop

Dropped

Menjatuhkan

Pull

Pulled

Menarik

Count

Counted

Menghitung

Guide

Guided

Memimpin

Help

Helped

Membantu

Listen

Listened

Mendengarkan

Stay

Stayed

Tinggal

10

live

Lived

Hidup

EXERCISE
IRREGULAR VERB
N
O

VERB 1

VERB 2

MEANING

Have/has

Had

Mempunyai

Do/does

Did

Mengerjakan

Go

Went

Pergi

Read

Read

Membaca

Put

Put

Meletakkan

Stand

Stood

Berdiri

Come

Came

Datang

Write

Wrote

Menulis

See

Saw

Melihat

10

Learn

Learnt/Learned

Belajar

EXERCISE: Simple Past Tense

Using Verb
1.(+) Riduan went to the library
yesterday morning.
(?) What did Riduan go to the library
yesterday ?
(-) Riduan did not go to the library
yesterday mor.
2. (+) Nashir took a nap yesterday
afternoon.
(?) Did Nashir take a nap yesterday
afternoon ?
(-) Nashir did not take a nap yesterday

Simple Past Tense Using To Be

- It explains about adjective, noun, place
and time.
- I, He, She, It Was
- You, We, They Were
Formula:
(+) S + Was/Were + Adjective/Noun/Place/Time
(?) Was/Were +S + Adjective/Noun/Place/Time?
(- ) S + Was not/Were not + Adjective/Noun/Place/Time

EXERCISE: Simple Past Tense Using To Be

1.(+) Shinta was diligent

(?) Was Shinta diligent ?
(-) Shinta was not diligent
2. (+) They were nurses
(?) Were they nurses?
(-) They were not nurses
3. (+) Sarah and Dita were in this class
yesterday
(?) Were Sarah and Dita in this class
yesterday ?
(-) Sarah and Dita were not in this class

 MARK PARKED HIS CAR IN GARAGE

WE DIDNT WASH OUR CLOTHES
YESTERDAY
WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
WE LEFT THE BOY TWO HOURS AGO