SIMPLE

PAST
TENSE
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

2
 to describe actions or to talk
about things that happened
and were finished in the
SIMPLE past.
PAST e.g. Zelly lived in the United States of America in 2010.
TENSE is
used…
2010
X
lived
SIMPLE PAST USES PAST TIME
EXPRESSIONS
Last Ago yesterday
last night 40 minutes ago yesterday
last Wednesday an hour ago yesterday morning
last week five days ago yesterday afternoon
last month 3 weeks ago yesterday evening
last year a month ago the day before yesterday
last holiday two years ago

Last weekend Some years ago

Last……(etc)
SIMPLE PAST USES PAST TIME
EXPRESSIONS
• This morning
• This afternoon
• This evening

Be Careful!
This morning, this afternoon, this evening can be either unfinished or
finished. Use the simple past if the time period is finished.
 How to formulate simple past
Adding -ed
Affirmative i.e. walked, watched,
Sentence leaned, cleaned, worked,
etc.
Reguler
Verbs Adding –d
VERB 2 (Simple past verb)
i.e. behaved, arranged,
baked, arrived, believed,
etc.
Click Irreguler
Irreguler Verbs_American
verbs English.pdf to see the list.
-ed or -d ???
BASE FORM VERB (Root)
The last letter in verb

Letter E -d behaved
If
Not Letter E -ed walk ed
-ed or -d ???
BASE FORM VERB (Root)
The last letter in verb

Letter E -d behaved
If
Not Letter E -ed walk ed
 Affirmative How to formulate simple past
Sentence
Adding -ed
i.e. walked, watched, leaned, cleaned, worked,
VERB 2 (Simple past verb) Reguler Verbs
etc.
Adding –d
i.e. behaved, arranged, baked, arrived, believed,
etc.

Irreguler verbs (CLICK )

Irreguler verbs are erratic

Click here(masukkan list irreguler

verb)
Using Simple Past
Adding -ed
i.e. walked, watched, leaned, cleaned,
Reguler worked, etc.
1 Affirmative Sentence Verbs Adding –d
i.e. behaved, arranged, baked, arrived,
believed, etc.
Irreguler Click Irreguler Verbs_American English.pdf to
verbs see the list.

Adiva won the National Writing Competition in 2000.

win won
Arkan was so cute when he is one year old.
Is was
Negative How to formulate simple past

Sentence
Did + not or was/were+ not

Verbal sentence Nominal sentence

e.g. She did not come to e.g. I was not a farmer.

school yesterday.
Interrogative How to formulate simple past
Sentence Did or was/were is placed
in the beginning of
sentence, before subject
Yes/No Questions Short Answers
Did He leave the room? Yes, He did.
No, He did not/ no, He didn't

Was She the winner of that Yes, She was.

competition? No, She was not/ No, She
wasn't
Interrogative How to formulate simple past
Sentence

Wh-questions
When did you finish school?
Why were you at the kitchen at 1am?
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