SIMPLE PAST TENSE
SIMPLE PAST TENSE = Merupakan kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau. Adverb of time - Last week - Last ...... - Yesterday -Two years ago - ........ ago - etc. Rumus: 1.Verbal (+) S + V2 + O (-) S + Did + Not + V1 + O (?) Did + S + V1 + O? Example: (+) Diana Cooked Fried Rice Last Night. (-) Diana Didn't Cook Fried Rice Last Night. (?) Did Diana Cook Fried Rice Last Night? 2. Nominal (+) S + Tobe II (Was/were) + ANA + O (-) S + Tobe II (Was/were) + Not + ANA + O (?) Tobe II (Was/were) + S + ANA + O? Keterangan: Was digunakan untuk subjek I, He, She, It, nama satu (Diana). Were digunakan untuk subjek You, We, They, nama dua ( Diana and Jack). Example: (+) I was a kind man in your city last year. (-) I wasn't a kind man in your city last year. (?) Were You a kind man in my city last year?