PAST TENSE

Simple Past Tense is a kind of tense which is used to describe an event or action that happened already in a certain time in the past.

● Rumus untuk kalimat Nominal
Affirmative                   : (+) ►S+was/were+….
Negative                      : (-) ►S+was/were+not+….
Interrogative                : (?) ►was/were+S+….
Negative Interrogative  : (-?) ►was/were+S+not+….


The formula of Simple Past Tense :

▼(+ ) S + Verb 2 + O.

▼( - ) S + did not + Verb 1 + O.

▼(? ) Did + S + Verb 1 + O.

Simple past tense used to talk about an action that happened in the past.

Simple past tense also used to tell a story. The time signals that indicate such happening are yesterday, this morning, just now, a few minutes ago ,long time ago, and last.

☻ Example :

(+ ) You were present account of healthful ?
( - ) You were not present account of healthful ?
( ? ) Were you present account of healthful ?
(-? ) Were you not present account of healthful?

♦ Tanda Waktu ( Time Signal) yang biasa dipergunakan dalam Simple Past Tense adalah :

● Yesterday          = Kemarin
● Yesterday night = Kemarin malam
● Last night          = Semalaman
● Last week         = Minggu lalu
● Last month        = Bulan lalu
● Last year           = Tahun lalu