Simple Past Tense

English for Guidance and Counseling

My dad arrives to Armenia
TODAY

My dad arrived to Armenia

YESTERDAY
Andrew fights with Anthony
TODAY

Andrew fought with Anthony

YESTERDAY
 Simple Past Tense Formula
Verbal Sentences
• S + V2 + O + Complement
Affirmative • He went to Bali last week.
• They watched movie last Saturday.
• S + did + not + V1 + O + Complement
Negative • He did not go to Bali last week.
• They did no watch movie last Saturday.
• Did + S + V1 + O + Complement ?
Interogative • Did He go to Bali last week?
• Did they watch movie last Saturday?
 Simple Past Tense Formula
Nominal Sentences
• S + was / were + noun / Adj / Adv
Affirmative • She was in Bali last week.
• My father was a Teacher
• S + was / were + not + noun / Adj / Adv
Negative • She was not in Bali last week.
• My father was not a Teacher
• Was / were + S + noun / Adj / Adv
Interogative • Was she in Bali last week?
• Was your father a Teacher?
 Verbal Sentences
I / You / We /
They / He / Did
She / It

Nominal Sentences

I / He /
was
She / It
You / We /
were
They
 SIMPLE PAST TENSE FORMULA
Verbal Sentence
Positive Subject Past Verb Object Time Signal
She walked - last night
We enjoyed the concert last week
They wrote letters yesterday
Negative
She did not walk - last night
We did not enjoy the concert last week
They did not write letters yesterday
Interrogative
Did she walk last night
Did you enjoy the concert last week
Did they write letters yesterday
 SIMPLE PAST TENSE FORMULA
Nominal Sentence
Subject Was/Were Noun/ Adjective/ Time Signal
Positive Adverb

She was a great dancer long time ago

We were teachers ten years ago
They were here Last night

Negative
She was not a great dancer long time ago
We were not teachers ten years ago
They were not here Last night

Interrogativ
Was she a great dancer long time ago
e Were you teachers ten years ago
 SIMPLE PAST FORMATION
 Positive Form:

Simple Past tense has two kind of verbs :

regular and irregular verbs
 _ed formation rules
1. If the verb ends in e, we just add d
Hope = Hoped

2. When a verb ends in a consonant + Y, the Y

changes to ied
Copy = Copied

3. Sometimes we double a final consonant. This happens

when a one-syllable verb ends with one vowel and one
consonant (except: y, w, x)
Beg = Begged
 Negative and Interrogative Forms

To create a negative or an interrogative statement in simple past, it is

necessary, most of the time, the usages of the auxiliary did

Untuk membuat pernyataan negatif atau interogatif dalam simple past

tense, seringkali menggunakan auxiliary did

Contoh : I did not have a breakfast this morning.

We do not use the verb past form in negative and interrogative statements / kata
kerja dalam kalimat negatif dan introgatif tidak berbentuk V2 atau lampau

I didn’t saw the whale in the sea last Friday

Did you saw the whale in the sea last Friday?

I saw the whale in the sea last Friday /

saya melihat paus di laut jumat lalu

I didn’t see the whale in the sea last Friday /

Saya tidak melihat paus di laut jumat lalu

Did you see the whale in the sea last Friday? /

Apakah kamu melihat paus di laut jumat lalu?
 Note: We do not use the auxiliar did in negative and interrogative
formation when the sentence uses the verb to be (was, were) / Kata DID
tidak digunakan pada kaliamat nominal

She was not a lawyer

Wasn’t

Were you at the hospital last Saturday?

Did were you at the hospital last Saturday?

Where was your friend last night?

Where did was your friend last night?
 Simple Past Usage

Mainly, we use the simple past for something in

the past that is already finishedir

Emma passed her exam last year

Elvis Presly died in 1977

When did you buy this car? I bought it about

three weeks ago
 Change these sentences into past tense!
1. I put my bag on my bed. I put my bag on my bed last night.

2. I do not eat her meal. I did not eat her meal this morning.

3. Do you go to market? Did you go to market yesterday?

4. He lives in Jakarta. He did not live in Jakarta.

5. She does not like seafood. She did not like seafood

6. Did he pay my bill? Does he pay my bill?

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MUCH