Pengertian
Simple Past Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan
suatu kejadian yang telah terjadi pada waktu
lampau. Kalimat tersebut biasanya ditandai
dengan kata-kata: yesterday, ago, this morning
dan ditempatkan pada akhir kalimat.
Rumus Simple Past Tense yang Menggunakan Kata
Kerja
(+) S + Verb2 + Objek + …
(-) S + did + not + Verb1 + Objek + …
(?) Did + S + Verb1 + Objek + …
Contoh
(+) I went to Jakarta yesterday.
(-) I did not go to Jakarta yesterday.
(?) did you go to Jakarta yesterday?
Rumus Simple Past Tense yang Menggunakan Kata
Sifat
(+) S + was/were + kata sifat + …
(-) S + was/were + not + kata sifat + …
(?) was/were + S + kata sifat + …
Contoh
(+) she was slim
(-) she was not slim
(?) was she slim?
Kata Kerja Beraturan ( Regular Verb)
Study studied sstudied
Smoke smoked smoked
Stay stayed stayed
Hope hoped hoped
Cry cried cried
Beg begged begged
Occur occurred occurred
Kata Kerja Tak Beraturan (Irreguler Verb)
Cut cut cut
Come came come
Drink drank drunk
Go went gone
Eat ate eaten
Sing sang sung
Write wrote written