Simple Past Tense
Contoh
- John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
- My father died last year.
- He lived in Tokyo in 1976.
- We crossed the Channel yesterday.
Kita menggunakan simple past saat mengatakan kapan sesuatu terjadi. Jadi, tense ini berkaitan dengan ekspresi waktu lampau tertentu.
- frekuensi: often, sometimes, always
I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often brought my lunch to school. - waktu yang spesifik atau jelas: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
We saw a good film last week.
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
She finished her work atseven o'clock
I went to the theatre last night - waktu yang tidak spesifik atau tidak jelas: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago
People lived in caves a long time ago.
She played the piano when she was a child. Bentuk dari simple past tense untuk kata kerja beraturan
Positif Subjek + kata kerja (verb) + ed I skipped. Negatif Subjek + did not + infinitive tanpa to They didn't go. Pertanyaan Did + subjek + infinitive tanpa to Did she arrive? Pertanyaan negatif Did not + subjek + infinitive tanpa to Didn't you play? To Walk
Positif Negatif Pertanyaan I walked. I didn't walk. Did I walk? You walked. You didn't walk. Did you walk? He walked. He didn't walk. Did he walk? We walked. We didn't walk. Did we walk? They walked. They didn't walk. Did they walk? Simple past tense dari to be, to have, to do
Subjek Kata Kerja (Verb) Be Have Do I was had did You were had did He/She/It was had did We were had did You were had did They were had did Positif
Bentuk positif dari simple past tense sangat sederhana.
- I was in Japan last year
- She had a headache yesterday.
- We did our homework last night.
Negatif
Untuk bentuk simple past negatif dan pertanyaan dari "to do" sebagai kata kerja biasa, gunakan auxiliary "did". Contoh: We didn't do our homework last night.
Bentuk negatif dari "have" dalam simple past biasanya dibentuk menggunakan auxiliary "did", tetapi terkadang hanya dengan menambahkan not atau singkatan (contraction) "n't".Bentuk pertanyaan dari "have" dalam simple past biasanya menggunakan auxiliary "did".
Contoh
- They weren't in Rio last summer.
- We didn't have any money.
- We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
- We didn't do our exercises this morning.
- Were they in Iceland last January?
- Did you have a bicycle when you were young?
- Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?
Catatan: Untuk bentuk negatif dan pertanyaan dari semua kata kerja dalam simple past, selalu gunakan auxiliary "did".
Simple past, kata kerja tidak beraturan
Beberapa kata kerja dalam simple past tidak beraturan. Inilah beberapa kata kerja tidak beraturan yang paling sering digunakan.
to go
- He went to a club last night.
- Did he go to the cinema last night?
- He didn't go to bed early last night.
to give
- We gave her a doll for her birthday.
- They didn't give John their new address.
- Did Barry give you my passport?
to come
- My parents came to visit me last July.
- We didn't come because it was raining.
- Did he come to your party last week?
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