SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Bentuk Rumus Contoh Kalimat

+ Verbal S + Verb-2 She killed a snake yesterday
Nominal S + was/were + nominal She was tired yesterday
Verbal S + did + not + Verb 1 She did not kill a snake yesterday
Nominal S + was/were + not + nominal She was not tired yesterday
? Verbal Did + S + Verb 1 Did she kill a snake yesterday
Nominal Was/were + S + nominal? Was she tired yesterday ?
Yes, she was /
No, she was not

SUBJECT TO BE
I WAS
SHE WAS
HE WAS
IT WAS
ANNA WAS
WE WERE
THEY WERE
YOU WERE
ROMY & YULI WERE

Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense.

1. My mother cooked fried chicken for my birthday party last week.

(Ibuku memasak ayam goring untuk acara ultahku minggu yang lalu).
2. I tried to call you yesterday, but no one picked up my phone.
(Aku mencoba menghubungimu kemarin, tapi tidak seorang pun yang mengangkat
telphon).
3. Jokowi won the president election several months ago.
(Jokowi memenangkan pemilihan president beberapa tahun yang lalu).
4. My smartphone was the fastest loading among others.
(smartphoneku dulu adalah yang paling tercepat loadingnya di antara yang lainnya).
5. She did not go to school yesterday because since three days ago she has been sick.
(Dia kemarin tidak masuk sekolah karena sejak 3 hari yang lalu dia sakit.
6. Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up (Kebanyakan yang gagal dalam hidup adalah mereka yang tidak sadar
seberapa dekat mereka dengan kesuksesan ketika mereka menyerah).
7. I wonder why you did not take the scholarship to study abroad.
(Aku heran mengapa kamu tidak mengambil beasiswa untuk belajar ke luar negeri).
 8. Were you so sleepy last night that you left the show before its over?
(Apakah kamu begitu mengantuk hingga kamu meninggalkan pertunjukkan sebelum
selesai?)
9. I would wait for you if I was not in hurry to catch my flight.
(Aku akan menunggumu jika aku tidak sedang terburu-buru mengejar pesawat).
10. The weather was not good enough to play football yesterday.
(Cuacanya tidak cukup bagus untuk bermain bola kemarin).

Keterangan waktu yang digunakan pada Simple Past Tense adalah :

No Keterangan Waktu Arti

1 yesterday kemarin
2 yesterday morning kemarin pagi
3 yesterday afternoon kemarin sore
4 the day before yesterday kemarin lusa
5 this morning tadi pagi
6 this noon tadi siang
7 just now baru saja
8 last night tadi malam
9 last week minggu lalu
10 last month bulan lalu
11 last year tahun lalu
12 last Sunday hari Minggu yang lalu
13 last Friday hari Jumat yang lalu
14 last April bulan April yang lalu
15 last July bulan Juli yang lalu
16 a moment ago baru saja
17 an hour ago satu jam yang lalu
18 two days ago dua hari yang lalu
19 a few days ago beberapa hari yang lalu
20 three weeks ago tiga minggu yang lalu
21 a year ago setahun yang lalu
22 a month ago sebulan yang lalu
23 a few minutes ago beberapa menit yang lalu
24 seven days ago tujuh hari yang lalu
25 saveral days ago beberapa hari yang lalu
Untuk Kalimat tanya yang di menggunakan kata tanya, cukup letakkan DID setelah kata
tanya, misalnya seperti contoh berikut ini :
A : Where did you go yesterday?
B : I went to school yesterday

A : What did you do before you slept last night ?

B : I Watched TV before I slept last night

A : When did he come ?

B : He came here last week

A : Why did you come here last week ?

B : He came here last week because he wanted to meet me

A : How did they go to school yesterday ?

B : They went to school yesterday by car
Taxt 1
1. Dia ( laki-laki ) membeli sebuah mobil tahun lalu
2. Aris pergi kebandung kemarin
3. Karin menemukan sebuah tas kemarin
4. Andrean menulis sebuah buku tahun lalu
5. Tio dan rio melihat Justin sejam yang lalu

Taxt 2 .
.Fill the blanks!
1. She (meet) ................................................her uncle last night.
2. We (do) ................................................the test yesterday.
3. You did not (bring) ........................................the dictionary.
4. Did your father (drink) ............................... the coffee yesterday ?
5. They (play) .................................................the game last night.
6. He (give) ..............................................me an orange last week.
7. I (go) .....................................................to Medan last month.
8. She (sing) ............................................a song yesterday morning.
9. Mother (make).......................................a rainbow cake last week.
10. Ditta (wash)................................her shoes yesterday morning.