Simple Past Tense

simple Past Tense digunakan untuk fakta-fakta atau peristiwa-peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lampau.

Contoh:

• I played tennis with some guys from work yesterday.

• We stayed in Shanghai for five days.

Kata kerja simple past tense (kata kerja bentuk ke-2) yang reguler dibentuk dengan menambahkan “-ed” pada akhiran kata kerja.

Contoh:

• jump -> jumped: The dog jumped over the fence.

• walk -> walked: I walked 22 kilometers yesterday.

• work -> worked: We worked together as lawyers for 15 years.

Kegunaan

1.   Simple Past tense digunakan untuk menunjukan suatu kejadian atau peristiwa yang terjadi pada waktu

S + V2

Example :

1. My Father bought this car last year

2. They went to Tokyo last month

3. She went home two minutes ago

4. I Phoned my friend at his house yesterday

5. Alex left this place two days ago

1.   Kalimat Menyangkal ( Negative Sentence )

Kalimat negatif simple past tense dibuat dengan did dan not. Did adalah bentuk lampau dari kata kerja to do. Did dan not sering disingkat menjadi didn’t.

S + did not + V1

Contoh:

- I arrived in London on Monday -> I didn’t arrive on Sunday.

- They stayed at the Vivaldi Hotel -> They didn’t stay at the Carlton Hotel.

Karena “did” merupakan bentuk lampau, maka kata kerja utama tidak mengalami perubahan.

Example :

1. I didn’t meet him at the station last week

2. They didn’t come to my house yesterday afternoon

3. Alex and Jhon didn’t play badminton last Sunday

3.   Kalimat Tanya (Interrogative sentence ) Pertanyaan dibuat dengan menempatkan did sebelum subjek

Did + S + V1

Example :

1. Did you play tennis with him last Saturday ?

2. Did Alex call you back last night ?

3. Did you receive the letter last week ?

4. Did you buy this new dictionary at a bookshop yesterday ?

5. Did they stay at the Vivaldi Hotel?

Kata kerja utama juga tidak berubah (tidak diganti menjadi bentuk lampau),

contoh:

- You lived in Japan -> Did you lived in Japan? (tidak benar)

- You lived in Japan -> Did you live in Japan? (benar)

Kata kerja tidak beraturan

Ada banyak kata kerja simple past tense yang tidak beraturan (irregular verbs) dalam bahasa Inggris, yakni tidak ditambahkan -ed. Berikut beberapa kata kerja tidak beraturan yang paling umum.

be - was/were

become - became

begin - began

break - broke

bring - brought

build - built

buy - bought

catch - caught

choose - chose

come - came

do - did

draw -drea

eat - ate

feel - felt

fight - fought

find - found

fly - flew

forget - forgot

get - got

give - gave

go - went

have - had

hear - heard

hit - hit

know - knew

learn - learnt/learned

leave - left

lose - lost make - made

meet - met

pay - paid

read - read

ride - rode

run - run

say - said

sell - sold

send - sent

shut - shut

sing - sang

sit - sat

sleep - slept

smell - smelt/smelled

speak - spoke

stand - stood

swim - swam

take - took

teach - taught

tell - told

think - thought

understand - understood

wear - wore

win - won

write - wrote