PAST ACTIVITIES

Past Future

Present
Time Signature (Penanda Waktu)
• Last year
• Last month
• Last week
• Last Sunday
• Yesterday
• Three weeks ago
• Four days ago
• An hour ago
• A minutes ago
• This morning
Examples
1. The student presented his paper in class an hour ago.
2. I walked to campus last Tuesday.
3. Mr. Harrington lived in Paris in 1999.
4. It rained this morning.
5. Maia contacted hospital administrator for information about Nurse
Joan’s duties last week.
6. Ir. Soekarno declared our independence on Friday, 17 of August 1945, at
10 A.M.
7. James Baldwin published his first book in 1950.
8. Joanna grabbed her food from McD.
9. Callie and Calliope signed up for English class together.
10. Campus bus dropped its passengers in front their houses.
 Verbs Regular (Teratur) Irregular (Tidak Teratur)
Wash Washed
Inject
Injected
Feel Felt
Cleanse Cleansed
Keep Kept
Sleep Slept
Check Checked
Freeze Froze

Rise Rose
Rinse Rinsed
Do Did
Have/Has Had
Speak Spoke
Hit Hit
Read Read
Subject
•I
• You
• They
• We
• He
VERB
• She
• It
(Regular/Irregular)
• Kuntilanak
• A doctor
• Some nationalists
Past Progressive (Sedang Terjadi di Masa Lampau)

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

I checked patient’s condition yesterday I check patient’s condition every

morning.

I will check patient’s condition

tomorrow morning.
 I checked patient’s condition yesterday
Taking note of patient’s
blood pressure

Cleaning patient’s bed

sheet
Ensuring patient’s vital
checked signs

Talking to patient’s
about his condition

Cleansing patient’s
wound
 Combining Sentence
I checked patient’s condition yesterday.

I talked to patient about his condition.

I checked patient’s condition and talked to him about it yesterday.

I checked patient’s condition when dr. Monroe talked to him about it
yesterday.
 CONJUNCTION: Kata Hubung
• And I met Stacy in campus hall and she told me about
the presentation.

• But Mr. Damien’s son died in a car crash but he seemed

tenacious in the funeral.
Mr. Damien’s son died in a car crash but he did not
seem sad in the funeral.

• When I called out your name when you run to the street.

• While I studied Statistics while Diana was watching TV.

Exercise: please, put verb II or verb-ing in these blanks
1. I am sitting in the class right now. I [sit] _____ in this class at this exact time yesterday.
2. I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it is raining. The same thing happened
yesterday. I [want/not] _____ to go to the zoo because it [rain] _____ .
3. I [call] _____ Roger at nine last night, but he [be/not] _____ at home. He [study]
_____ at the library.
4. I [hear/not] _____ the thunder during the storm last night because I [sleep] _____ .
5. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun [shine] _____ . A
cool breeze [blow] _____. The birds [sing] _____.
6. My brother and sister [argue] _____ about something when I [walk] ______ into the
room.
7. I got package in the mail. When I [open] _____ it, I [find] _____ a surprise.
Exercise: please, put verb II or verb-ing in these blanks

1. Stanley [climb] _____ the stairs when he [trip] _____ and [fall] _____. Luckily, he
[hurt/not] _____ himself.
2. Tommi went to his friend’s house, but the boys [be/not] _____ there. They [play]
_____ soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
3. While Mrs. Emmerson [read] _____ the little boy a story, he [fall] _____ asleep, so
she [close] ______ the book and quietly [tiptoe] _____ out of the room.
4. I really enjoyed my vacation last June. While it [snow] _____ in Iowa, the sun [shine]
_____ in the Florida. While you [shovel] _____ snow in Iowa, I [lie] _____ on the
beach in Florida.
5. While Ted [shovel] _____ snow from his driveaway yesterday, his wife [bring] _____
him a cup of hot chocolate.
Exercise: please, put verb II or verb-ing in these blanks
1. I [have, almost] ____________ a car accident last night. I [drive] __________ down
Washington Avenue when suddenly I [see] __________ a car in my lane. It [come]
__________ right at my car. I [step] __________ on the brakes and [swerve]
___________ to the right. The other car [miss, just] __________ my car by about an
inch.
2. Ten years ago, the government [decide] __________ to begin a food program. At this
time, many people in rural areas of the country [starve] __________ due to several
years of drought.
3. It was my first day of class. I [find, finally] __________ the right room. The room [be,
already] ___________ full of students. On one side of the room, students [talk,
busily] ___________ to each other in Spanish. Other students [speak] __________
Japanese, and some [converse] __________ in Arabic. It sounded like the United
Nations. Some of the students, however, [sit, just] __________ quietly by
themselves. I [choose] __________ an empty seat in the last row and [sit]
__________ down. In a few minutes, the teacher [walk] __________ into the room
and all the bilingual conversation [stop] _________.
Exercise: please, put verb II or verb-ing or interrogative form in
these blanks
1. A: [Hear, you] __________ what just she said?
B: No, [listen, not] __________. I [think] ___________ about something else?
2. A: Why weren’t you at the meeting?
B: I [wait] __________ for an overseas call from my family.
3. A: I’m sure you met Carol Jones at the party last night.
B: I don’t remember her. What [wear, she] __________ ?
4. A: What’s wrong with your foot?
B: I [step] __________ on bee while I [run] __________ barefoot through the
grass. It [sting] _________ me.
5. A: How [break, you] __________ your arm?
B: I [slip] ___________ on the ice while I [cross] _________ the street in front
of the dorm.