Meeting 3
I DID IT
A. Speaking Practice What did you do?
B. Grammar FocusSimple Past Tense
A. What did you do?
What did you do yesterday?
When did you go to Singapura?
Why did you cry last night?
B. Simple Past Tense
Two types
of verbs
Reguler
Irreguler
Reguler Verbs
The Past tense of reguler verbs is formed by adding -d
or –ed to the base form of the verb.
Example : - I worked in a shop last month
- I lived in a big house when I was
younger
Irreguler Verbs
Irreguler Past Verb forms must be learned because they
don’t follow any rule.
Example: I went to Paris Last year
example
Verb 1 Verb 2
go went
see saw
sing sang
drink drank
eat ate
find found
do did
The Simple Past Tense is
used
1. To talk about actions that happened at a specific time
in the past. You state when it happened using a time
adverb (yesterday, last month)
2. It can be used to describe events that happened over a
period of time in the past but not now.
“I lived in Asia for two years”
3. It’s also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place
in the past.
“when I was child we always went to the seaside on bank holidays
The Pattern
Ada 2 macam bentuk kalimat yaitu kalimat verbal dan
nominal. Keduanya memiliki rumus yang berbeda.
1. Rumus Simple Past Tense dalam verbal
Positive: Subject + Verb 2 + Object
Negative : Subject + didn’t + verb 1 + o
Introgative : Did + Subject + Verb 1 + O
Example : (+) We saw you yesterday
(-) We didn’t see you yesterday
(?) Did we saw you yesterday?
2. Rumus Simple Past dalam bentuk Nominal
Positive: Subject + Was/were + Nominal
Example: She was a doctor last year
They were students last year
Negative: Subject + was/were + not +
nominal
Example: She was not a doctor last year
They were not a doctor last year
Introgative: Was/were + Subject + Nominal?
Example: Was she a doctor last year?
Were they a doctor last year?
Exercise
Complete the sentences with was, were, weren’t
1. It ____ rainy this morning, so we cancelled our tour.
2. Who ____ your favorite teacher in high school?
3. I got my test result yesterday. It ___ bad at all. Thank God!
4. I didn’t see you and Jane in class yesterday. Where ___ you?
5. The lecturer cancelled our quiz yesterday. We ____ so happy.
6. Natasha ____ sad yesterday. Nobody remembered her birthday.
7. I was afraid of spider when I ____ younger.
8. The banks _____ open yesterday. It was a public holiday.
9. I can’t answer the questions on the test today. They ____ easy.
10. Lucy couldn’t ride on the roller coaster yesterday. She ____ old
enough.
Exercise
Choose the verb and write the past form to complete the
sentences!
Steal- teach- forget- dream- see- drive- help –tell- shine – buy
1. I ___ you in the bank yesterday. What did you do?
2. I ____ to do my homework. What should I do?
3. Someone ____ my bike. I couldn’t find it anywhere.
4. Mrs. Robert ____ in the university last year. Now she is
retired.
5. William ____ me to do my homework. I thank him so much.
6. Tony didn’t walk to campus yesterday. He ____ his car.
7. The sun ____ brightly yesterday. He _____ his car.
8. The sun _____ brightly yesterday so we went on picnic.
9. I _____ a new tablet yesterday. It was so expensive.
10. I _____ about you last night. I think I miss you.
Exercise
write did or didn’t to complete the sentences
1. ___ you see my phone on this table? I am sure I put it there.
2. I ___ know about her secret. She never told me.
3. I could not log in my email account. I ___ remember the password.
4. Why ___ you keep your promise? I trusted you.
5. My mother ____ cook dinner last night so we ate in the restaurant.
6. How ____ you go to campus today? I didn’t see your bike.
7. Anna’s parents ___ send her money last month, so she borrowed
some from me.
8. We ____ have any GPS long time ago, so we often stopped and asked
for direction.
9. The children ____ spend much time in the bedroom during the day.
They played outside with their friends.
10. What homework ____ Mrs. Amna give us today? I really forgot the
details.
