PART I

PRELIMINARY

1.1 Rear

Englis
English h is the interna
internati
tional
onal language.
language. With
With master
master Englis
Englishh well,
well, then
then we will
will be able
able to
communicate
communicate with other nations in the world.
world. In sampingitu,
sampingitu, we will be able to add insight and
our knowledge for the advancement bangsadan our country, because we will be able to read
literat
literature
ure in Englis
English,
h, listen
listen to radio
radio broadc
broadcast
astss abroad
abroad,, as well
well as watchi
watching
ng movies,
movies, add
wawasanilmu knowledge of the other. Thus, in the end we can master the knowledge-knowledge
at all bidang.Tenses is important in language education inggris.Dan also a rule in the English
language.
language. If someone
someone wants to master
master English well, then he should be able to master the tenses
well. mong the forms of other tenses, in this paper we describe the simple past tense.

1.2. Formulation of the problem

What is the past tense and division!

1.3. Aim

The purpose of this paper is to understand and apply tensesdalam everyday conversations or 
activities that use the language of formal inggrissebagai main language
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2.1.Rumu% "imple Pa%t Ten%e& Fun'tion E(ample "enten'e%

A. #n)er%tan)in* "imple Pa%t Ten%e

"imple past tense is the tense that serves to show the work that occurred in the past without
wanting to emphasi#e that the work has $perfect% or moderate $continuous% done. &nderstanding
of this tense is almost the same as the "imple 'resent Tense, only time(s different and often used
in conversation or in writing.

+. Formula "imple Pa%t Ten%e.

)ecause the formula is simple $simple%, then the formula is simple. We *ust need the +erb- as a
formula absolute traits past tense. "o the basic formula of the verbal sentence is "  +erb-. s
for the nominal sentence, then we must make /to be/ her into a verb-, that /was and were/.
Tense is said to be simple because simple past tense *ust want to provide information about a *ob
that has occurred in the past without wanting to show that his *ob was being perpetrated.

Form Formula% E(ample "enten'e%

 +erbal "  +erb- "he killed a snake yesterday

 0omina "  was1were  nominal I was there but you did not see me
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- +erbal "  did  not  Infinitive "he did not know where to go.

 0omina "  was1were  not  nominal When I was a child, I used to cry.
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! +erbal Did  "  Infinitive Did you take my money!

 0omina Was1were  "  nominal! Was the case hard to solve!

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C. Fun'tion% "imple Pa%t Ten%e

2. "hows the work happened in the past without wanting to emphasi#e the work is happening or 
has happened. If you are confused by the difference with the present perfect tense because both
have occurred, please read the difference

E(ample,

o I knocked on your door last night but no one 3ame out. $I(m knocking on your door last night,
 but no one was coming out%

o Did you tell her that I was with my friend last weekend another girl! $Do you tell her when I(m
with my boyfriend last weekend another!%

. &sed in 3onditional "entence type .

E4ample

o I would invite you to go along with me if the car was not full at that time. $I(m going to ask you
to go along if the car was not full time%

o If you did not cheat me, I would be nice to you. $If you do not lie to me, I(ll be good to you%.

5. )eing interrupters sentence against an ongoing work in the past $past continuous tense%.

E4ample

o "he 3ame into the class when the teacher was teaching.

$6e entered the classroom when the teacher was teaching%.

o 7ast night I almost got an accident since a cat crossed in front of my car when I was driving
my car.

$7ast night I almost crash because of a cat passing in front of me when I drove my car "endan%

8. To e4plain the work that happened in the past after another incident completion $se9uential or 
chronological%. The first incident usually use the past perfect tense.

E4ample
o I had already gone out from that building before the bomb blew up.

$I have been out before the bomb went off%

o "he had finished her *ob before I 3ame.

$6e had already completed his work before I came%

!. !e%'ription

: "imple past tense using time information showing the past, like yesterday $yesterday%, last
week $last week%, last night $last night%, one year ago $a year ago%, the day before $the day
 before%, the once upon a time $at a time%.

E. E4ample "entences "imple 'ast Tense.

2. ;y mother cooked fried chicken for my birthday party last week.

$;y mother was cooking fried chicken for the event ultahku weeks ago%.

. I tried to call you yesterday, but no one picked up my phone.

$I tried to reach you yesterday, but nobody raised telphon%.

5. <okowi won the president election "everal months ago.

$<okowi won the president election a few years ago%.

8. ;y smartphone was the fastest loading mong others.

$"martphoneku first is the fastest loading among others%.

=. "he did not go to school yesterday )ecause since three days ago she has been sick.

$6e did not go to school yesterday because since three days ago she was ill.

>. ;any of life(s failures are people who did not ?eali#e how close they were to success when
they @ave up $;ost who fail in life are those who are not aware of how close they were to
success when they gave up%.

A. I wonder why you did not take the scholarship to study abroad.

$I wonder why you did not take a scholarship to study abroad%.

B. Were you so sleepy last night that you left the show before it(s over!
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This paper was made in order to fulfill the tasks sub*ects of English, while the theme of this
 paper 'ast Tense.

In making this paper, with the limitations of science authors have, the authors tried to find the
source of the data from various information sources, especially activity preparation of this paper 
 provides additional authors knowledge that can benefit the lives of ita.

The author would like to thank 7ecturer of English as a religion lecturer who has guided us in the
 preparation of this paper.

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