Past Simple/Simple Past Tense
Meaning
The Past Simple describes actions which happened in the past and are
•Form/Pattern
Subject + Verb(2)
•Time Signal
Yesterday
Last …
The examples of Simple Past Tense
a. Positive Sentences
a. We stayed overnight at my uncle’s house in Kuala Lumpur
b. Negative Sentences
We did not stay overnight at my uncle house in Kuala Lumpur
c. Interrogative Sentences
Did you stay overnight at your uncle’s house last holiday?
Where did you and your brother spend
Verbs change in Simple Past Tense
Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs
stay – stayed go – went
listen – listened spend – spent
Read these questions and answer them !
5. Father: Did dina read a novel in her room? Mother: No, she didn’t
Father: What did she do there? Mother: She … a letter.
a. write b. writes c. wrote
6.
The announcer said that
Indonesia … in attaining gold
medal for badminton and tennis
at the 1990 Asian Games.
a. won
b. beat
7. Asma: Where were you last night? I did not see you at the library.
Aliyah: I … to a wedding party with my parents.
a. go
b. went
c. will go
How to offer Accepting/Declining
Would you like….? Yes, please/No, thanks Let me …. That would be nice/No Shall I …. Thanks/No, thank you
Offering something
Read this conversation and answer the questions!
8. Santi: My friend and I are planning to go to the zoo.
Hana: Really! When? Santi: Next week … ?
a. Would you like to come with us b. Have you ever been there
c. Did you go there d. Do you go there
9. Randy: I’m thirsty.
Imran: Shall I get you something to drink?
Randy is showing his ….
a. Acceptance to an offering b. Request to an offering
c. Rejecting to an offering d. Declining an offering
Simple past tense digunakan
untuk menunjukkan suatu
Simple past tense menggunakan keterangan waktu lampau.
Yesterday
Yesterday morning
Yesterday afternoon
Last
Last night Last week Last month
Last year Last Saturday
Ago
Bentuk kata lampau beraturan
(regular past form)
Kata kerja beraturan (regular verb)
dibentuk dengan menambahkan akhiran “d/ed” pada kata kerja pertama (infinitive). Jika kata kerja berakhiran huruf “d” atau “t”,
Contoh
• John wanted to see the manager last
week.
Bentuk lampau tidak beraturan
(irregular past form)
Kata kerja yang tidak beraturan
(irregular verb) tidak dibentuk dengan
menambahkan akhiran “d/ed” pada kata
Contoh
• I bought this English dictionary last
week.
Kalimat tanya
(interrogative statement)
Dibentuk dengan menempatkan kata
bantu “did” di depan kalimat. Dalam
kalimat tanya, kata bantu “did” berarti
“apakah”dan kata kerjanya kembali ke
Contoh
Kalimat menyangkal
(negative statement)
Kalimat menyangkal (negative
statement) dibentuk dengan
menambahkan “not” sesudah “did”
(did not/ didn’t) dan ditempatkan
• Sama halnya dengan kalimat tanya,
dalam kalimat menyangkal kata
kerjanya kembali ke dalam bentuk
Contoh
• I did not/ didn’t see him at the party last
night
Simple past tense juga digunakan
untuk menanyakan waktu
terjadinya suatu kejadian atau
peristiwa.
Contoh kalimat
1. I was in Bandung last week
2. You were in Bandung yesterday
3. Mr. Wibowo was in Bandung two days ago.
