Simple Past Tense
Soal Simple Past Tense
Pengertian Simple Past Tense
Simple past tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja sederhana untuk menunjukkan bahwa suatu kejadian terjadi di masa lampau.
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Rumus Simple Past Tense
Simple past tense dibentuk dari verb-2 (past tense) berupa kata kerja biasa atau verb “to be”. Verb-2 merupakan bare infinitive (bentuk dasar verb) dengan tambahan -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, atau -ne untuk regular verb atau bentuk yang tidak konsisten pada irregular verb, sedangkan pada verb “to be”, verb-2 berupa was dan were.
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Was yang merupakan singular verb digunakan pada singular subject berupa singular noun (seperti: Andi, book, dan cat) dan singular pronoun (seperti: I, she, he, dan it) kecuali “you”, sebaliknya were yang merupakan plural verb digunakan pada plural subject berupa plural noun (seperti: cats, people, books), plural pronoun (seperti: you, they, we, dan cats), compound subject dengan kata hubung “and” (seperti: you and I, Andi and Susi), dan you.
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Tabel Contoh Verb-2
| S | bare infinitive | verb-2 |
|---|---|---|
| I / you / she / he / they / we / Andi / people / you and I / Andi and Susi | study | studied |
| buy | bought | |
| it | break | broke |
| I / she / he / it / Andi | be | was |
| you/ they / we / people / you and I / Andi and Susi | be | were |
Berikut rumus simple past tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.
| Rumus Simple Past Tense | Contoh Simple Past Tense |
|---|---|
kalimat positif (+)
| The teacher came |
| I was a stamp collector | |
kalimat negatif (-)
| The teacher didn’t come |
| I wasn’t a stamp collector | |
kalimat interogatif (?)
| Did the teacher come |
| Was I a stamp collector |
Time Expressions pada Simple Past Tense
Berikut beberapa time expression (keterangan waktu) yang dapat digunakan pada simple past tense.
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Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
| 1 | A friend of mine was here yesterday. (Teman saya disini kemarin.) |
| 2 | He ignored my call last week. (Dia mengacuhkan telepon saya minggu lalu.) |
| 3 | I met my client this morning. (Saya bertemu klien tadi pagi.) |
| 4 | My sister was born in 1999. (Saudara perempuan saya lahir pada tahun 1999.) |
| 5 | The water heater stopped working on Saturday. (Pemanas air itu berhenti bekerja pada hari Sabtu.) |
| 6 | I rolled down the window and took a breath when I was stuck in the heavy traffic jam. (Saya menurunkan jendela dan menarik napas ketika saya terjebak di kemacetan berat itu.) |
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Fungsi dan Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
- Simple past tense untuk membicarakan aksi yang terjadi dengan durasi waktu tertentu di masa lampau. Preposition “for” dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan periode waktu kejadian.
Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
| 1 | Vina and I went to the Ragunan zoo three months ago. (Saya dan Vina pergi Ragunan tiga bulan lalu.) |
| 2 | Did he come on time yesterday? (Apakah dia datang tepat waktu kemarin?) |
| 3 | The party started at 10.00 a.m. (Pesta mulai jam sepuluh pagi.) |
| 4 | Did you sleep enough last night? (Apa kamu cukup tidur semalam?) |
| 5 | I studied civil engineering for almost 4 years. (Saya belajar teknik sipil selama hampir 4 tahun.) |
- Simple past tense untuk membicarakan kebiasaan pada masa lampau. Subordinate conjunction “when” biasanya digunakan pada situasi ini.
Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
| 1 | I often did exercises in the gym when I lived in Bandung. (Saya sering berlatih di gym ketika tinggal di Bandung.) |
| 2 | When I was a senior high school student, I always got up at 4 am to study. (Ketika saya sma, saya selalu bangun jam 4 pagi untuk belajar.) |
- Untuk menunjukkan bahwa ada aksi berdurasi pendek (simple past tense) yang terjadi ketika suatu aksi berdurasi panjang (past continuous tense) sedang berlangsung.
Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
| I was reading a journal in the library when someone burped out loud. (Saya sedang membaca jurnal di perpustakaan ketika seseorang bersendawa keras.) |
- Untuk menunjukkan bahwa suatu aksi (simple past tense) langsung mengikuti aksi yang telah selesai (past perfect tense).
Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
| I had already finished my breakfast when he picked me up. (Saya telah selesai sarapan ketika dia menjemput.) |
- Simple past tense digunakan pada conditional sentence type 2.
Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
| 1 | If she studied hard, she would be pass. (Jika dia belajar keras, dia akan lulus.) |
| 2 | I would buy a sport car if I had much money. (Saya akan membeli mobil sport jika punya uang banyak.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Simple Past Tense
- Passive Voice – Simple Past Tense
- Negative – Simple Past Tense
- Yes-No Question Simple Past Tense
- Wh- Question Simple Past Tense
Exercises:
- Soal Simple Past Tense
- Soal Simple Past Tense (Regular Verb)
- Soal Simple Past Tense (Regular & Irregular Verb)
- Soal Passive – Simple Past Tense
- Soal Negative – Simple Past Tense
- Soal Yes-No Question Simple Past
- Soal Wh- Question Simple Past Tense
References:
- Simple Past Tense. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/simple_past.htm. Accessed on February 21, 2013.
- Sequence of Tenses. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/. Accessed on February 21, 2013.
- Verb Tenses. http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/verbtenses.html. Accessed on February 21, 2013.
- Understanding When, While and During. http://people.rit.edu/kecncp/Courses/Materials/Grammar/When,While,During.doc. Accessed on December 13, 2012.
- The Simple Past and the Past Progressive with When and While. http://www.elc.byu.edu/classes/aoyama/grammar4/aoyg4f05/charts/past2.pdf. Accessed on December 13, 2012.
- Past Tense Expressions. https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/sample/advanced/gs/gs_05.htm. Accessed on October 8, 2018.
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