ENGLISH FOR NURSING I

 
UNIT 3: SIMPLE PAST TENSE & PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE
 

A. INTRODUCTION
This unit contains the explanation of Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive Tense

Indicators:
After studying this unit, students are able to:
1. Understand tenses.
2. Identify tenses.
3. Make simple sentences using Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive Tense.

B. Warmer
Exercise 1: Write Verb 2 (Past participle) of the following verbs.
Contoh: Cook à Cooked
Eat à Ate

1. Study 11. Help 21. Stamp

2. Teach 12. Cry 22. Inject
3. Run 13. Borrow 23. Examine
4. Buy 14. Lend 24. Take
5. Make 15. Fly 25. Dance
6. Smile 16. Bring 26. Jump
7. Kick 17. Have 27. Learn
8. Sing 18. Break 28. Expect
9. Drink 19. Paint 29. Visit
10. Try 20. Hit 30. Cut

C. Grammar

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TENSES FUNCTION FORMS SENTENCES

SIMPLE PAST • Menyatakan S + Verb 2 • I woke up at 5 O’clock

TENSE kejadian/ fakta yesterday.
yang sudah • He played football last
terjadi dan Friday
selesai diwaktu • We cooked at her house
lampau last night.

PAST • Kejadian yang S + To be Past • When I met you, I was

PROGRESSIVE sedang + Verb-ing going to supermarket
TENSE berlangsung yesterday
diwaktu • She was making a cake
lampau (pada when I slept last night.
saat suatu • They were studying when
kejadian lain I was at the hospital last
juga terjadi) week.

Catatan:
• To Be Past → Was, Were
•
Subject Tobe Past
I, He, She, It Was
You, They, We Were

Exercise 2. Make sentences using Simple Past Tense.

Contoh: She / teach → She taught yesterday

1. I / go 6. She / swim
2. She / eat 7. It / run
3. He/ study 8. You / cook
4. They / sing 9. They / play
5. We / dance 10. She / make

Exercise 3. Make sentences using Past Progressive Tense.

Contoh: I / Watch → I was watching TV yesterday, when I met you
 
1. You / cry  
2. She / make 6. It / bark
3. He / show 7. She / read
4. They / build 8. He / listen
5. I / try 9. They / write
  10. We / sing
 
 
 
 

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