Materi Simple Past Tense
Simple past tense adalah bentuk tense yang menyatakan suatu tindakan yang selesai dilakukan pada waktu tertentu di masa lalu. Dalam simple past tense, keterangan waktu biasanya disebut atau dituliskan secara spesifik (contoh: yesterday, two days ago, last week, dsb).
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Hal yang harus diingat adalah kata kerja yang digunakan dalam simple past adalah bentuk kata kerja past tense (biasa disebut verb 2). Bentuk kata kerja kedua ini dibedakan menjadi 2, yakni bentuk beraturan (regular) dan bentuk tidak beraturan (irregular).
Bentuk verb 2 beraturan (regular); hanya ditambah akhiran –ed, -d, atau -ied), antara lain:
Sedangkan, bentuk verb 2 tidak beraturan (irregular), antara lain:
Berikut adalah rumus/pola simple past tense:
Kalimat Positif
Pola: Subject + verb 2 + object |
Pola: Subject + be (was/were) + adjective/adverb/noun |
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I taught English. | I was at school. |
You taught English. | You were at school. |
We taught English. | We were at school. |
They taught English. | They were at school. |
He taught English. | He was at school. |
She taught English. | She was at school. |
Untuk kata kerja be (was/were):
Kalimat Negatif
Pola: Subject + did + NOT + bare infinitive* + object |
Pola: Subject + be (was/were) + NOT + adjective/adverb/noun |
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I did not teach English. | I was not at school. |
You didn't teach English. | You were not at school. |
We didn't teach English. | We weren't at school. |
They didn't teach English. | They weren't at school. |
He didn't teach English. | He wasn't at school. |
She didn't teach English. | She wasn't at school. |
Kalimat Tanya
Pola: Did + subject + bare infinitive* + object? |
Pola: Was/were + subject + adjective/adverb/noun? |
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Did I teach English? | Was I at school? |
Did you teach English? | Were you at school? |
Did we teach English? | Were we at school? |
Did they teach English? | Were they at school? |
Did he teach English? | Was he at school? |
Did she teach English? | Was she at school? |
Pertama, untuk menyatakan tindakan yang selesai dilakukan di masa lalu pada waktu tertentu; pasti dan spesifik (definite and specific time).
Contoh kalimat:
My family and I traveled to Lombok last week. (Saya dan keluarga bepergian ke Lombok minggu lalu.) |
She bought this bag two days ago. (Dia membeli tas ini dua hari yang lalu.) |
We didn't go anywhere last night. We just stayed at home and watched television. (Kami tidak pergi kemana-mana tadi malam. Kami hanya tinggal di rumah dan menonton televisi.) |
I met him when I was at coffee shop. (Saya bertemu dengannya ketika saya ada di kedai kopi.) |
My parents sold their car when I was ten. (Orang tua saya menjual mobil mereka ketika saya berumur sepuluh tahun.) |
He called me five minutes ago but I didn't answer his call. (Dia meneleponku lima menit yang lalu tapi saya tidak menjawab telponnya.) |
Did you come to Rina's house yesterday? (Apakah kamu datang ke rumah Rina kemarin?) |
Contoh lain jika waktu tidak disebutkan, dimana kita tahu bahwa suatu tindakan terjadi di waktu tertentu. Kita lihat contoh berikut:
A: Did you watch Craig David's concert on TV? (Apakah kamu menonton konser Craig David di TV?) B: Yes, I did. Of course I watched it. It was a great performance. (Ya, tentu saja saya menontonnya. Itu adalah penampilan yang luar biasa.) |
Kedua, untuk menyatakan kebiasaan di masa lalu (past habit) biasanya menggunakan used to (mengindikasikan kebiasaan masa lalu).
Contoh kalimat:
He always played football. (Dia dulu selalu bermain sepakbola.) |
We never ate 'jengkol'. (Kita dulu tidak pernah makan jengkol.) |
You used to drive car so fast. (Kamu dulu biasa mengendarai mobil begitu cepat.) |
We used to cook 'seblak' at home. (Kita dulu biasa memasak seblak di rumah.) |
Beberapa penanda/keterangan waktu (adverb of time) yang biasa digunakan dalam simple past, antara lain: yesterday, last week, two days ago, ten minutes ago, last month, one hour ago, when I was child, in 2002, on Sunday, the day before yesterday dll.
Okay, class. Bagaimana materinya? Nah, itu semua materi yang berkaitan dengan simple past meliputi pengertian, rumus, penggunaan dan contoh kalimat.
Sekarang sudah tahu kan mengenai tense ini? Terus belajar dan berlatih ya. Semoga materi ini dapat menambah pengetahuan kita semua.
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