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?