Simple Past Tense

Definisi dari simple past tense

Simple past tense, terkadang disebut preterite, digunakan untuk

membicarakan kejadian yang sudah selesai di waktu sebelum
sekarang. Simple past adalah bentuk dasar dari past tense dalam
bahasa Inggris. Kejadian dapat terjadi belum lama di masa lalu atau
sudah lama di masa lalu, dan durasi kejadiannya tidak penting.

Contoh

 John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.

 My father died last year.
 He lived in Fiji in 1976.
 We crossed the Channel yesterday.

Anda selalu menggunakan simple past saat mengatakan kapan sesuatu

terjadi. Jadi, tense ini berkaitan dengan ekspresi waktu lampau tertentu.

 frekuensi: often, sometimes, always

I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often brought my lunch to school.
 waktu yang spesifik atau jelas: last week, when I was a child,
yesterday, six weeks ago
We saw a good film last week.
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
She finished her work atseven o'clock
I went to the theatre last night
 waktu yang tidak spesifik atau tidak jelas: the other day, ages
ago, a long time ago
People lived in caves a long time ago.
She played the piano when she was a child.

Catatan: Kata ago adalah cara yang baik untuk menyatakan jarak ke
masa lalu. Kata ini diletakkan setelah periode waktu: a week ago, three
years ago, a minute ago.

Hati-hati: Simple past dalam bahasa Inggris mungkin terlihat

seperti tense dalam bahasa Anda, tetapi artinya mungkin berbeda.

Membentuk Simple Past Tense

Pola dari simple past tense untuk kata kerja beraturan

Positif

Subjek + kata kerja (verb) + ed

I skipped.

Negatif

Subjek + did not + infinitive tanpa to

They didn't go.

Pertanyaan

Did + subjek + infinitive tanpa to

Did she arrive?

Pertanyaan negatif

Did not + subjek + infinitive tanpa to

Didn't you play?

To Walk

Positif Negatif Pertanyaan

I walked. I didn't walk. Did I walk?

You walked. You didn't walk. Did you walk?

He walked. He didn't walk. Did he walk?

We walked. We didn't walk. Did we walk?

They walked. They didn't walk. Did they walk?

Simple past tense dari to be, to have, to do

Subjek Kata Kerja (Verb)

Be Have Do

I was had did

You were had did

He/She/It was had did

We were had did

You were had did

They were had did

Catatan untuk bentuk positif, negatif, dan pertanyaan

Positif
Bentuk positif dari simple past tense sangat sederhana.

 I was in Japan last year

 She had a headache yesterday.
 We did our homework last night.

Negatif dan pertanyaan

Untuk bentuk simple past negatif dan pertanyaan dari "to do" sebagai
kata kerja biasa, gunakan auxiliary "did". Contoh: We didn't do our
homework last night.
Bentuk negatif dari "have" dalam simple past biasanya dibentuk
menggunakan auxiliary "did", tetapi terkadang hanya dengan
menambahkan not atau singkatan (contraction) "n't".

Bentuk pertanyaan dari "have" dalam simple past biasanya

menggunakan auxiliary "did".

Contoh
 They weren't in Rio last summer.
 We didn't have any money.
 We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
 We didn't do our exercises this morning.
 Were they in Iceland last January?
 Did you have a bicycle when you were young?
 Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?

Catatan: Untuk bentuk negatif dan pertanyaan dari semua kata kerja
dalam simple past, selalu gunakan auxiliary "did".

Simple past, kata kerja tidak beraturan

Beberapa kata kerja dalam simple past tidak beraturan. Inilah beberapa
kata kerja tidak beraturan yang paling sering digunakan.

to go

 He went to a club last night.

 Did he go to the cinema last night?
 He didn't go to bed early last night.

to give

 We gave her a doll for her birthday.

 They didn't give John their new address.
 Did Barry give you my passport?

to come

 My parents came to visit me last July.

 We didn't come because it was raining.
 Did he come to your party last week?