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Dear my lovely students,

Writing a story in past tense could be difficult to some of you. You have to
KNOW and MEMORISE your verbs (actions) in past tense form. Only then you
can write better sentences in past tense. So, lets get started!
-Teacher Nadz-

Lets Recall - Past Tense

to show actions that happened in the past.
two way of using past tense simple and continuous

Past Continuous
Saya telah datang ke rumah Ali ketika dia sedang tidur.
I went to Ali's house when he was sleeping.

Singular (Satu/Seorang)
was
action (+ing)
was eating

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Plural (Ramai)
were
action (+ing)
were eating

Add +d, +ed, +ied

Regular
bake - baked
walk - walked
tidy - tidied

Verbs (Actions) in
Simple Past Tense

the words change

totally
Irregular
eat - ate
go - went
sleep - slept

Now, please complete the tasks Ive listed below.

In the Action Table on the next page, please:
write the meaning of the actions.
choose and write the correct words in past tense form.
write a sentence for each action in PAST TENSE form.

sold
played
had
slept

got
ate
thanked
heard

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walked
looked
ran
sat

gave
called
bought
wore

felt
saw
opened
went

Action Table
Action

Meaning

Action
(Past Tense)

Sentence

walk
hear
play
look
buy
sell
thank
feel
eat
give
sit
call
see
go
get

Once you have completed the Action Table, look at the pictures below
carefully.

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Now, we are going to start writing. Please fill the Story Frame below:
When (Masa kejadian berlaku)
Action (Simple Past Tense) 5 verbs (pssssget it from your Action Table)
Feeling (Perasaan)

Story Frame
Paragraph
When
Action (+ed) 1.

1.

1.

2.

2.

2.

3.

3.

3.

4.

4.

4.

5.

5.

5.

Feeling

Now, lets start writing. Look carefully at the writing formula below.
Write your sentences using the formula.
Untuk cerita perbuatan :

Subject
Subject

Action (+ed)
was/were

Untuk cerita perasaan:

Amran and Ali walked to the park.

Siti slept on the bed.

Action (+ing)
Subject

Amran and Ali were walking to the park.

Siti is sleeping on the bed.

was/were

Feeling
Amran and Ali were excited.
Siti was tired.

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