The past tense is a verb tense expressing activity, action state or being in the past.

It's similar to the present simple because it has different rules for the verb 'be', which
becomes 'was' or 'were':

The Past Simple with 'be'

Here's how to make the positive:

Ex : you were tired, I was cold

To make the negative with 'be', just add 'not':

I was not sleepy

she was not beautiful

To make a question, just like the present simple, we change the position of 'was / were' and
the subject.

Here are the past simple 'yes / no' questions with 'be':

was I sleepy?

We usually make the positive by adding '-ed' to the infinitive. For example, 'play' becomes
'played'. However, there are some irregular verbs, for example 'go' becomes 'went' and 'run'
becomes 'ran'.

Regular verbs use the verb's base form (scream, work) plus the -ed ending (screamed,
worked). Irregular verbs alter their form in some other way (slept, drank, drove).

In the negative there aren't any irregular verbs. All verbs use 'did not (didn't) + infinitive :

ex : I didn't walk

Questions are also very easy. Just put 'did' before the subject, and the infinitive after it. ex :
did he cook?

To make a 'wh' question, of course, put the question word at the beginning of the sentence :
what did he cook?

(+) Bentuk Positif :

- Subject + was/were + complement (pelengkap)
- Subject + Verb II + Object
Contoh :
- I saw a movie yesterday
- Last year, Daniel was here
(-) Bentuk Negatif
- Subject + to be (was/were) + not + complement
- Subject + did not + Verb I + Object
1. Menyatakan kegiatan / aktivitas yang sudah terjadi di waktu lampau. Biasanya si pelaku
dalam kalimat tidak menyatakan kapan aktivitas tersebut berakhir. Contoh :
- I saw a movie yesterday.
- Did you have your dinner last night?
- He did not wash his car.

2. Menyatakan beberapa kegiatan yang sudah terjadi di waktu lampau. Biasanya jumlah
kegiatannya lebih dari satu. Contoh :
- I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim
- He arrived from the airport at 08.00 Am, checked into the hotel at 09.00 Am, and met
others at 10.00 Am
- Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then eggs

3. Menyatakan jangka waktu dari kegiatan yang sudah terjadi di waktu lampau. Durasi waktu
yang dijelaskan biasanya lama. Bisa dua tahun,
- I lived in Brazil for two years
- Shauna studied Japanese for five years.

4. Menyatakan kebiasaan yang terjadi dan sudah berhenti di waktu lampau. Bentuk ini sama
dengan “Used to”. Biasanya kita menambahkan keterangan waktu seperti always, often,
usually. Contoh :
- I studied Japanese language when I was child.
- She worked at movie theater, when she was in junior high school.

5. Menyatakan kebenaran umum yang pernah terjadi di masa lampau yang sudah tidak terjadi
lagi. Contoh :
- She was shy as a child , but now she is easy going/
- He did not like tomatoes before.