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Sabtu, 22 November 2008

Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

Simple past tense ( preterite tense ) digunakan untuk :
1. kejadian di masa lalu
2. kejadian sudah terjadi (completely finished)
3. kejadian yang mempunyai keterangan waktu lampau ( misal yesterday, last week, two weeks ago dll)

contoh :

"The wind was howling around the hotel and the rain was pouring down. It was cold. The door opened and James Bond entered. He took off his coat, which was very wet, and ordered a drink at the bar. He sat down in the corner of the lounge and quietly drank his..."


The car exploded at 9.30am yesterday.
She went to the door.
We did not hear the telephone.
Did you see that car?
pastpresentfuture


The action is in the past.

Here are some long events with the simple past tense:

I lived in Bangkok for 10 years.
The Jurassic period lasted about 62 million years.
We did not sing at the concert.
Did you watch TV last night?
pastpresentfuture


The action is in the past.

V1
base
V2
past
V3
past participle
regular verbwork
explode
like
worked
exploded
liked
worked
exploded
liked
The past form for all regular verbs ends in -ed.
irregular verbgo
see
sing
went
saw
sang
gone
seen
sung
The past form for irregular verbs is variable. You need to learn it by heart.

You do not need the past participle form to make the simple past tense. It is shown here for completeness only.


subjectauxiliary verb main verb
+I wentto school.
You workedvery hard.
-Shedidnotgowith me.
Wedidnotworkyesterday.
?Didyou goto London?
Didthey workat home?

Exception! The verb to be is different. We conjugate the verb to be (I was, you were, he/she/it was, we were, they were); and we do not use an auxiliary for negative and question sentences. To make a question, we exchange the subject and verb. Look at these examples:

subjectmain verb
+I, he/she/itwas here.
You, we, theywere in London.
-I, he/she/itwasnotthere.
You, we, theywerenothappy.
?WasI, he/she/it right?
Wereyou, we, they late?

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