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Past Sentences: English Departement Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto 2011
Past Sentences: English Departement Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto 2011
Past Sentences: English Departement Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto 2011
CREATED BY :
1. EKA YULIANI
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2. DWI YUNIATI
1101050085
3. ENDANG SETIOWATI
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ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
2011
CHAPTER 9
THE PAST SENTENCES
4. Sentences form
a. Nominal Form
1. Positive Sentence
S + BE (Was/Were) + Adj/Noun
Was use to: I, He, She, It
Were uses to: You, We, They
Example:
Yes/No Question
Was/Were + S + Adj/noun?
Example:
W/H Question
W/H + Was/Were + S + V-ing + noun?
Example:
b. Verbal Form
1. Positive sentence
S + VII + O
Example:
4. Sentence Form
a. Positive sentence
S + Was/Were + VING + O
Example:
2. Function
1. To express an activity or actions where happened before another
activity become in past.
Example:
They went home , after they had finished doing the work.
The sun had set down , before I was ready to go.
2. To express an activity or actions happened until another activity
happened in past event.
Example:
The family had waited for an hour , when the doctor arrived.
3. To express an activity or actions where happened frequently
before another activity happened in past event.
Example:
His mother had given him medicine for three days, before she
took him to the hospital.
3. Time Signal
When .. ,(past tense)
After .. ,(past tense / past perfect)
Before .. ,(past tense / past perfect)
Until .. ,(past tense / past perfect)
As soon as .. ,(past tense / past perfect)
4. Sentence Form
a. Nominal
1. Positive
S + Had been + Noun , Clause
Example:
1. Positive
S + Had + VIII , Clause
Example:
You had not paid your debt , before I gave you money.
3. Interrogative
Had + S + VII , Clause?
Example:
Example:
When I came from Kalimantan in 1997, she had been living there
about seven years.
John had been working there for five years, when the world-war II
ended.
b. Negative
S + Had not been +VING
Example:
Had she been finishing her duty, before her leader inspected?
Had we been sweeping the room, when our teacher came?