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Simple
Past Tense – Penjelasan Lengkap dan Mudah Dipahami
Simple
Past Tense adalah bentuk kalimat bahasa Inggris yang digunakan untuk
menceritakan kejadian, peristiwa, atau aktivitas yang sudah terjadi dan
sudah selesai di masa lalu. Ini artinya kejadian tersebut terjadi di waktu
sebelum sekarang, misalnya kemarin, minggu lalu, atau tahun lalu.
Fungsi
Simple Past Tense
Simple Past
Tense digunakan untuk:
✔Mengungkapkan
kejadian masa lampau yang sudah selesai.
✔Menceritakan pengalaman yang telah terjadi.
✔Menyatakan fakta yang hanya benar di masa lalu.
Contoh umum
keterangan waktu yang sering dipakai: yesterday, last night, two days ago,
last week, last year, in 2020, dll.
Struktur /
Rumus Simple Past Tense
Simple Past
Tense memiliki dua bentuk utama:
1. Kalimat
Verbal (dengan kata kerja aksi)
Positif
Subject + verb bentuk kedua (V2) + …
Contoh:
- I played football yesterday.
- She went to school last
Monday.
Negatif
Subject + did not (didn’t) + verb 1 (bentuk dasar) + …
Contoh:
- I didn’t play football
yesterday.
- They didn’t go to the party
last night.
Tanya
Did + subject + verb 1 + …?
Contoh:
- Did you play football
yesterday?
- Did she go to school last
Monday?
2. Kalimat
Nominal (dengan ‘to be’)
Positif
Subject + was / were + …
Contoh:
- I was tired yesterday.
- They were happy last week.
Negatif
Subject + was/were + not + …
Contoh:
- She wasn’t at home last
night.
- We weren’t in class
yesterday.
Tanya
Was / Were + subject + …?
Contoh:
- Was she at the library
yesterday?
- Were they late for school?
Penjelasan
Singkat
Past
Action / Completed Action
Simple Past Tense dipakai ketika aksi atau kejadian sudah dimulai dan
selesai di masa lalu, tidak lagi berlangsung sekarang.
Verb 2
Untuk kata kerja aksi (non-to-be), kita memakai verb bentuk kedua (V2) —
misalnya: played, walked, ate, went.
Auxiliary
Verb
Di kalimat negatif dan interogatif, kita memakai did / did not dan tetap
pakai verb bentuk dasar (verb 1).
Contoh
Kalimat Simple Past Tense
1. Kalimat
Verbal (dengan kata kerja aksi)
Kalimat
Positif
- I watched a movie last
night.
- She visited her grandparents
last weekend.
- They studied English
yesterday.
Kalimat
Negatif
- I didn’t watch TV last night.
- He didn’t eat breakfast this
morning.
Kalimat
Tanya
- Did you watch the match
yesterday?
- Did she read the book last
week?
2. Kalimat
Nominal (dengan ‘to be’)
Kalimat
‘to be’ Positif
- I was tired yesterday.
- We were at the park last
Sunday.
Kalimat
‘to be’ Negatif
- She wasn’t at school
yesterday.
- They weren’t at the meeting.
Kalimat
‘to be’ Tanya
- Was he your teacher last
year?
- Were you at the concert last
weekend?
Kata
Keterangan Waktu (Time Expressions)
Simple Past
Tense sering dipakai dengan kata-kata ini:
✔
yesterday
✔ last night
✔ two days ago
✔ last week
✔ last month / year
✔ in 2019
Contoh: I traveled
to Bali last year.
Ringkasan
Praktis
|
Bentuk |
Rumus |
Contoh |
|
Positif
Verbal |
Subject +
V2 |
I played
yesterday |
|
Negatif
Verbal |
Subject +
didn’t + V1 |
We didn’t
play |
|
Tanya
Verbal |
Did +
subject + V1? |
Did you play? |
|
Positif To
Be |
Subject +
was/were |
She was
happy |
|
Negatif To
Be |
Subject +
wasn’t/weren’t |
They weren’t
tired |
|
Tanya To Be |
Was/Were +
subject? |
Was he there? |
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