SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Read the text and identify the verbs!

Pengertian
 Simple Past Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan
suatu kejadian yang telah terjadi pada waktu
lampau. Kalimat tersebut biasanya ditandai
dengan kata-kata: yesterday, ago, this morning,
last, dsb. yang ditempatkan pada akhir kalimat.
 Contoh:

- Dira visited his cousins last week.

- Alif was a farmer last two years.
Rumus Simple Past Tense yang Menggunakan
Kata Kerja (Verbal Sentences)

 (+) S + Verb2 + Objek + …

 (-) S + did + not + Verb1 + Objek + …

 (?) Did + S + Verb1 + Objek + …

Contoh
(+) I went to Jakarta yesterday.
(-) I did not go to Jakarta yesterday.
(?) did you go to Jakarta yesterday?
Rumus Simple Past Tense yang Menggunakan
To Be (was/were) Nominal Sentences
 (+) S + was/were + kata sifat/benda/ket. + …
 (-) S + was/were + not + kata sifat/benda/ket. + …

 (?) was/were + S + kata sifat/benda/ket. + …

Contoh
(+) she was slim
(-) she was not slim
(?) was she slim?
Kata Kerja Beraturan ( Regular Verb)

 Study studied studied

 Smoke smoked smoked
 Stay stayed stayed
 Hope hoped hoped
 Cry cried cried
 Beg begged begged
 Occur occurred occurred
Kata Kerja Tak Beraturan (Irreguler
Verb)
 Cut cut cut
 Come came come
 Drink drank drunk
 Go went gone
 Eat ate eaten
 Sing sang sung
 Write wrote written
Soal
 Tulislah bentuk kata kerja yang tepat dari kata
kerja yang berada di dalam tanda kurung.
1. She (write) a novel last year.
2. I (come) to your house this morning.
3. They (do not) see some dolphins last week.
4. What (do) we eat for lunch yesterday?
5. The students (study) English last Friday.