Past Simple/Simple Past Tense

 Meaning
The Past Simple describes actions
which happened in the past and are fin-
ished often with dates, time, and words
like yesterday, last, ago.
•Verbal Form
(+) S + V2+ O
(-) S + did + not + V1 + O
(?) Did + S + V1 + O?

•Nominal Form
(+) S + tobe (was/were) + N/Adj/Adv
(-) S + tobe + not + N/Adj/Adv
(?) Tobe + S + N/Adj/Adv?
•Time Signal
Yesterday
Last …
… ago
 The examples of Simple Past Tense

a. Positive Sentences
a. We stayed overnight at my uncle’s
house in Kuala Lumpur
b. My brother and I spent most of our
time entertaining ourselves at the
recreation center
b. Negative Sentences
We did not stay overnight at my uncle
house in Kuala Lumpur
My brother and I did not spend most
of our time entertaining ourselves
at the recreation center
c. Interrogative Sentences
Did you stay overnight at your uncle’s
house last holiday?
Where did you and your brother spend
most of your time during your holiday in
Genting?
Verbs change in Simple Past Tense

Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs

stay – stayed go – went
listen – listened spend – spent
play – played leave – left
need – needed take – took
study – studied write – wrote
Simple past tense using tobe Was/
Were
 Example

1. I was in Bandung last week

2. You were in Bandung yesterday
3. Mr. Wibowo was in Bandung two days
ago.
4. They were in Bandung last night.