SIMPLE PAST TENSE / PAST TENSE

(Bentuk lampau sederhana)

A. Penggunaan
Untuk menyatakan peristiwa atau perbuatan yang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau.
Untuk menyatakan kejadian yang berulang-ulang atau yang telah menjadi kebiasaan di waktu
lampau.
B. Keterangan waktu
Adverb of time yang biasa digunakan dalam Simple Past Tense adalah :
1. Yesterday
yesterday morning
yesterday afternoon
yesterday evening
yesterday night
2. Last
- last night - last century
- last week - last monday
- last month - last friday
- last year - last January
- last December

3. The day before yesterday
4. This morning
5. ...ago
- a few minute ago - three month ago
- an hour ago - a year ago
- two days ago - a century ago
- a week ago
6.
6. Just now
7. a moment ago
C. Susunan kalimat
Positive (+) : Subject + Verb II
Subject Verb II (Past) Object
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
wrote
bought
cleaned
played
went
gave
swam
a story
a shirt
the room
tennis
to school
a present
very fast



Negative (-) : (-) Subject + did not + verb I
Subject did not Verb I Object
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
did not
write
buy
clean
play
goes
gives
swims
a story
a shirt
the room
tennis
to school
a present
very fast

Interrogative (?) : (?) Did + subject + Verb I ?
Did Subject Verb I Object
Did
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
write
buy
clean
play
goes
gives
swims
a story
a shirt
the room
tennis
to school
a present
very fast

CONTOH
1. (+) I cleaned my car on Monday

(-) I did not clean my car on Monday

(?) Did you clean your car on Monday?

Yes, I did/No, I didnt

2. (+) she played chess on Sunday

(-) She did not play chess on Sunday

(?) Did she play chess on Sunday?

Yes, she did/No, she didnt

3. (+) I cleaned my bathroom on Saturday

(-) I did not clean my bathroom on Saturday

(?) Did you clean your bathroom on Saturday?

Yes, I did/No, I didnt

4. (+) He played football on Friday

(-) He did not play football on Friday

(?) Did he play football on Friday?

Yes, he did/No, he didnt

5. (+) we cooked fried rice on Monday

(-) We did not cook fried rice on Monday

(?) Did we cook fried rice on Sunday?

Yes, we did,/No, we didnt

sometimes called the "preterite tense". We can use several tenses and forms to talk about the past,
but the past simple tense is the one we use most often.
In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the past simple tense, followed by a quiz to check
http://www.kursusmudahbahasainggris.com/2013/07/pengertian-kegunaan-rumus-dan-
contoh_16.html
http://www.wordsmile.com/simple-past-tense
http://aderikardo.blogspot.com/2012/09/simple-past-tense.html
http://raytkj.blogspot.com/2013/12/pengertian-dan-contoh-kalimat-simple.html