Simple Past Tense

Rumus Kalimat Positif:

subject

+

Kata Kerja Bentuk ke - 2

Rumus Kalimat Negatif :

subject

+

did

+

not

+

Kata Kerja Bentuk ke - 1

Rumus Kalimat Tanya:

Did

+

subject

+

Kata Kerja Bentuk ke - 1

Perhatikan contoh berikut ini:

	subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I			went	to school.
	You			worked	very hard.
-	She	did	not	go	with me.
	We	did	not	work	yesterday.
?	Did	you		go	to London?
	Did	they		work	at home?

Pengecualian: Ketika Predikat suatu kalimat bukan kata kerja, maka pengganti kata kerja tersebut adalah was (I, she, he, it) dan were (we, you, they). Contoh:

	subject	main verb
+	I, he/she/it	was		here.
	You, we, they	were		in London.
-	I, he/she/it	was	not	there.
	You, we, they	were	not	happy.
?	Was	I, he/she/it		right?
	Were	you, we, they		late?

Kapan kita memakai Simple Past Tense?

Kita memakai Tense ini untuk membicarakan tentang satu perbuatan yang terjadi di masa lampau.

Perhatikan contoh-contoh kalimat berikut:

• The car exploded at 7 pm yesterday.
• She went to the mall with my father last week.
• Barbara was here 5 minutes ago.