Saturday, November 24, 2012

SIMPLE PAST TENSE


  
             SIMPLE PAST TENSE
 


A verb tense indicating action that occurred in the past and which does not extend into the present. The simple past tense (also known as the past simple ) of regular verbs is marked by the ending -d, -ed, or -t. Irregular verbs have a variety of endings. The simple past is not  accompanied by helping verbs  ( A verb that comes before the main verb (or lexical verb) in a sentence )
Simple past tense digunakan untuk menyatakan fakta-fakta atau kejadian-kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau atau masa lalu. Jika kita membicarakan masa lampau, itu bisa beberapa menit yang lalu, sejam yang lalu, 2 hari yang lalu, bulan lalu, tahun lalu dan sebagainya, yang penting masa waktunya sudah lewat dan tidak ada hubungannya dengan masa sekarang.

Jenis Kalimat
Rumus
Contoh Simple Past Tense
Positif (+)
Bentuk Nominal
S + be (was/were)
·         He was sick last Sunday.
·         They  were at school Yesterday
·         I was a General Manager in Three Corporation last year.
Bentuk Verbal
S + Verb-2 (past tense)
·         I Went to school yesterday.
·         My mother bought a new car last month.
·         Roni got up early last Sunday.
·         The boy played games in this room 5 minutes ago.
Negatif (-)
Bentuk Nominal
S + be (was/were) + not
·         He was not (wasn’t) sick last Sunday.
·         They  were not (weren’t) at school Yesterday
·         I was not (wasn’t) a General Manager in Three Corporation last year.


Bentuk Verbal
S + did + not + bare infinitive
·         I did not go to school yesterday.
·         My mother did not buy a new car last month.
·         Roni did not get up early last Sunday.
·         The boy did not play games in this room 5 minutes ago.
Interogatif (?)
Bentuk Nominal
Be (was/were) + S

·         Was she sick last Sunday?
-          Yes, she was / no, she was not
·         Were they at school yesterday?
-          Yes, they were / no they weren’t
·         Was I a General Manager in Three Corporation last year?
-          Yes, I was  / no I wasn’t
Bentuk Verbal
aux. verb ( did ) + S + verb infinitive
·         Did you go to school yesterday?
-          Yes, I did/No, I did not
·         Did your mother buy a new car last month?
-           Yes, she did/No, She did not
·         Did Roni get up early last Sunday?
-          Yes, he did/No, He did not
·         Did the boy play games in this room 5 minutes ago?
-          Yes, he did/ No, he did not

Simple past tense juga dapat digunakan dalam hal kebiasaan, yang  merujuk pada serangkaian peristiwa masa lalu yang terjadi secara teratur Seringkali, bila digunakan dengan cara ini, kata kerja yang disertai dengan kata keterangan (adverb).

Contoh:
a.       Every morning, I walked to the office, no matter the weather.
b.       My mother always went to the fish market on Mondays.
c.       Whenever I played football I would injure myself.
d.      I often did exercise in the gym when I lived in Bandung.

Sekian dulu pemabahasan kita mengenai simple past tense ini, semoga bermanfaat untuk kita semua. Terima kasih.  Mohon maaf jika ada kekurangan. Jika ada pertanyaan, komentar, atau masukan mengenai topik ini, kamu dapat meninggalkannya pada kotak komentar.

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