Materi Bahasa Inggris: Simple Past Tense

 

 

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

 

Bentuk kata kerja (verb) yang menunjukkan tindakan masa lampau atau telah terjadi.

Ciri-ciri:

-Menggunakan kata kerja bentuk kedua (verb 2).

-Menggunakan kata kerja bantu (auxiliary verb) did.

-Dalam kalimat nouminalnya menggunakan to be berbentuk past yakni was atau were.

-Menggunakan keterangan waktu berupa yesterday, last month, last year, two minutes ago, three days ago dsb.

Positive form (+)

Subject + Verb 2

Negative form (-)

Subject + did + not + Verb 1

Interrogative form (?)

Did + Subject + Verb1 …?

 

Example:          Dodi invited us to come to his party last night.

They kicked the ball.

Teacher talked to my parents.

She helped me to find my purse yesterday.

I won a photo contest last year.

 

Bentuk positive, negative dan interrogative dari simple past tense

(+)       She knew about this story.

(-)        She did not know about this story.

(?)        Did she know about this story?

 

(+)       They carried a bag.

(-)        They did not carry a bag.

(?)        Did they carry a bag?