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Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to describe actions that occurred in the past, with regular verbs formed by adding 'ed' and irregular verbs having unique forms. It can indicate completed actions, actions over a period of time, or habitual actions in the past. Time signals such as 'yesterday' and 'last week' are commonly used with the simple past tense.

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Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to describe actions that occurred in the past, with regular verbs formed by adding 'ed' and irregular verbs having unique forms. It can indicate completed actions, actions over a period of time, or habitual actions in the past. Time signals such as 'yesterday' and 'last week' are commonly used with the simple past tense.

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PAST TENSE

WHAT IS SIMPLE PAST TENSE ?

The simple past tense is used to talk


about actions that happened in the past
THE FORMATION OF THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
ED AFTER THE VERB SPECIAL FORM
play - played do - did
work - worked be - was, were
look - looked have - had
want - wanted drink - drank
watch - watched go - went
USE OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

1. Action completed in the past


Example : 1. Columbus sailed to America
in 1498
2. My father went to Bandung
yesterday
USE OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

2. Action that happened over a period of

time in the past.


Example : 1. John worked in Jakarta for two years
2. They lived in Bandung for two years
USE OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

3. Habitual or repeated action in the past.


Example :
1. When I was a child we always went to the cinema
at the weekend
2. When he lived in Bandung he never visited his
family
TIME SIGNAL

1. Yesterday
2. Last …
example : last week, last month, last year, …
3. Ago
example : two weeks ago, three days ago, ..
4. when + past
Example : when I was, when he lived in, ..
FORM OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Subject + Verb 2 + Object


( + ) They went to Surabaya last week.
( - ) They did not go to Surabaya last week.
( ? ) Did they go to Surabaya last week ?
Yes, they did
No, they did not

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