DIKGI RIDHAYANTO ACE 117 047 I KETUT SINTARO ACE 117 013 KORNELIS UNTUNG ACE 117 028 PEBI WIRA BUANA PALIPADANG ACE 117 052 TRIO AL KAHFI ACE 117 040 Simple Past tense is a tense form that describes an event that occurred at a specific time in the past. The verb used in this tense should be a second verb (verb 2). Similar to the simple present tense, this form is one of the most basic tense and is often used at the time of writing or conversation in English. This tense consists of a combination of simple aspects (at one specific time) and a past time frame (past). (+) S + Verb2 + O (-) S + Did + Not + Verb1 + O (?) Did + S + Verb1 + O The teacher come yesterday The teacher didn’t come yesterday Did the teacher come yesterday ? The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. In other words, it expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past. S + be (was/were) + (v-ing) S + be (was / were) + not + (v-ing) be (was/were) + S + (v-ing)? She was waiting for you yesterday She was not waiting for you yesterday Was she waiting for you yesterday? The past perfect tense is a tense that describes an event that occurred before a specific time in the past and has been completed before anything else that happened in the past as well. This tense consists of a combination of perfect aspects (before one specific time in the past) and a past time frame (past). (+) S + had + verb 3 (-) S + had + not + verb 3 (?) Had+ S + verb 3? They had studied They had not studied Had they studied? The past perfect progressive tense is used to show that an on-going action in the past has ended. ( + ) S + HAD + BEEN + VERB(ING) + O ( - ) S + HAD + NOT + BEEN + VERB(ING) + O ( ? ) HAD + S + BEEN + VERB(ING) + O She had been painting the door before the dog scratched it. She had not been painting the door. Had she been painting the door?