Purpose :
It is used to say, tell, state, write vent(s) or activity(ies) happen in the
past.
1 1. Nominal
Sentence
Formula
:
Subject
+ tobe (was/were) +Adjective/ Noun/ Adverb
Pronoun:
I,
She, He, It : was
You,
We, They : were
Simple
Past Tense commonly uses the following adverbs of time:
-
Just
now (baru saja)
-
Yesterday
(kemarin)
-
Two
days ago (2 hari yang lalu)
-
Last
week (minggu lalu)
-
Two
weeks ago (2 minggu yang lalu)
-
Last
month (bulan lalu)
-
Last
year (tahun lalu)
-
Two
years ago (dua tahun lalu)
Examples:
a. Mira
was very pretty yesterday
b. Dea
and Gerry were active in school
communities two years ago
c. We
were in the hospital last week
d. I
was a student 10 years ago
e. Rina
was a lazy student two years ago
22. Verbal
Sentence
Remember that in verbal sentence,
the sentence uses the verb other than the verb tobe.
Formula:
Subject
+ Verb II + Complement
Verb
1 Verb II
Study studied
Walk walked
Work worked
Speak spoke
Do did
See saw
Throw threw
Examples:
a. I
did my homework yesterday
S V Complement
b. She
did her homework yesterday
c. They
did their homework yesterday
d. We
spoke Spanish two years ago
If you want to change the past tense sentence into
negative or interrogative, here is the way:
(+) She spoke
Spanish two years ago
(-) She did
not speak Spanish two years ago
(?) Did
she speak Spanish two years ago?
Yes,
she did
No,
she did not/ No, she didn’t
Another example:
(+) I saw
him yesterday in the park
(-) I did
not see him yesterday in the park
(?) Did
you see him yesterday in the park?
Yes, I did
No, I did not/ No,I
didn’t
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