SIMPLE PAST TENSE

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

IDA SULISTIANI
SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
Regular Irregular
Verbs Verbs
 EXAMPLE

Bring -> Brought

Jump -> Jumped
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Verb 1 Verb 2 Verb 3 Regular/Irregular

See Saw Seen IRREGULAR

Sing Sang Sung irregular

Walk Walked Walked Regular

Find Found Found Irregular

Write Wrote Written Irregular

Speak Spoke Spoken Irregular

Listen Listened Listened Regular

 Positive
• Subject + Verb 2 + Object
• I walked with Justin Bieber last night
• They walked with Justin Bieber last night
Sentence

Negative
• Subject + did not (didn’t) + Verb 1 + Object
• I did not walk with Justin Bieber last night
• They did not walk with Justin Bieber last
Sentence night

Interrogative Did + Subject + Verb 1+ Object + ?

•
• Did you walk with Justin Bieber last night?
Did they walk with Justin Bieber last night?
Sentence
•
• Yes, I did/ No, I did not (didn’t)
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Ad ime Yesterday This morning
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Two days
Last week
ago

Last Year Last Friday Night

 PAST
CONTINUOUS
TENSE
 The Past Continuous Tense expresses an
activity that was in progress (was occurring,
was happening) at a point of time in the past
(e.g., at 7:15) or at the time of another action
(e.g, when Tome came)

Quoted from Betty S. Azar

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 • S + TO BE + V1-ing + Object + Adv. of time
POSITIVE • Chika was sleeping last night

• S + TO BE + Not + V1-ing + Object + Adv. of

NEGATIVE time
• Chika was not sleeping last night

• TO BE + S + V1-ing + Object + Adv. Of time + ?

INTERROGATIVE • Was Chika sleeping last night?
• Yes, she was/No, she was not
 • When + Simple Past, Past
Continous
WHEN • When the Phone rang, I
was taking a bath

• Simple past, While + Past

Continous
WHILE • The phone rang, while I was
taking a bath
Please choose the best answer for sentences below and change the answer into past participle!

1.__________(Drink) Sule a cup of coffee before class this

morning?
2.We___________(Not,Eat) a delicious dinner at a Mexican
restaurant last night.
3.I don’t have any money in my pocket. I ________(Spend) it
last night. I’m flat broke.
4.I_________(not, find) an interesting article in the newspaper
yesterday.
5.The sun_______(rise) at 6:04 this morning.
ANSWER

Eat-Ate, Drink-Drank, Spend-Spent, Find-Found, Rise-Rose

Complete the sentences with the word parentheses. Use the simple past or the
past continuous!

1. At 6:00 P.M., Bob sat down at the table and began to eat. At 6: 05, Bob
(eat) was eating dinner.
2. While Bob (eat) __________ dinner, Ann (come) _____ through the
door last night.
3. In other words, when Ann (come) _______ through the door, Bob (eat)
_________ dinner.
4. Bob went to bed at 10:30. at 11: 00 Bob (sleep) _______.
5. While he (walk) ______ to class, he (see) _______ Mrs. Smith
yesterday.
6. When Bob (see) ________ Mrs. Smith, she (stand)______ on her front
porch. She (hold) ____________ a broom last week.
ANSWER

Eat – Ate, Come – Came, Walk-Walked, See- Saw, Stand – Stood, Hold - Held
Choose the word or phrase underlined that is not correct!

1. We meets Nova last night at Roadhouse Café

A B C D
2. I go to Tanah Kuning with Rio by riding motorcycle last night
A B C D
3. Do you watch NOAH Concert last Saturday? Yes, I did
A B C D
4. I close my bank account when I came to New York three weeks ago
A B C D
5. Her new novel that she buys last week was very interesting
A B C D