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Past Events A. Simple Past Tense

The document discusses the use of simple past and present perfect tenses in English. It explains that simple past is used to talk about completed actions in the past, while present perfect is used to discuss actions that have occurred or been ongoing up until the present. Examples of sentence structures are provided for positive, negative, and interrogative forms using auxiliary verbs like "did", "was/were" and "has/have". Regular and irregular verb forms are also defined.

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Past Events A. Simple Past Tense

The document discusses the use of simple past and present perfect tenses in English. It explains that simple past is used to talk about completed actions in the past, while present perfect is used to discuss actions that have occurred or been ongoing up until the present. Examples of sentence structures are provided for positive, negative, and interrogative forms using auxiliary verbs like "did", "was/were" and "has/have". Regular and irregular verb forms are also defined.

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PAST EVENTS

A. Simple Past Tense


We use Simple Past Tense to talk:
- An action that began and ended at a particular time in the past.
e.g. She cooked fried rice yesterday evening.
- An action that occurred over a period of time but was completed in the past.
e.g. She taught English for ten years. (She doesn’t teach English at present.)
- An activity that took place regularly in the past.
e.g. When I was ten years old, I took an English course there.
The sentence patterns are:
1. Verbal sentence (using auxiliary “did”)
a. Positive
Subject + verb-2 + complement
e.g. - The teacher began the meeting an hour ago.
- She wanted to go the beach last week.
b. Negative
Subject + didn’t + verb-1 + complement
e.g. - She didn’t join the class this morning.
- He didn’t want to study match yesterday.
c. Interrogative
Did + subject + verb-1 + complement
e.g. - Did all the students do the assignment yesterday?
- Did you go to Jakarta yesterday?
2. Nominal sentence (using to be “was and were”)
a. Positive
Subject + was/were + complement (adjective/noun/adverb)
e.g. - She was angry yesterday.
- My parents were able to come here.
b. Negative
Subject + was/were + not + complement (adjective/noun/adverb)
e.g. - He was not happy because you were late.
- The bed was not comfortable for me.
c. Interrogative
was/were + subject + complement (adjective/noun/adverb)
e.g. - Was the girl lazy so she went to bed early?
- Was your mother at home when your father called?

B. Present Perfect Tense


We use Present Perfect Tense to talk about:
- An action that happened at an unspecified time.
e.g. Mother has never met her beloved father.
- An action that has recently occurred.
e.g. She has just been to Bali.
- An action that began in the past and continues up to the present.
e.g. I have live in Bandung for fifteen years.
- An action that happened repeatedly before now.
e.g. She has always phoned me at 8 pm.
The sentence patterns are:
a. Positive
Subject + has/have + verb-3 + complement
e.g. - She has finished her test before.
- The students have finished their examination.
b. Negative
Subject + hasn’t/haven’t + verb-3 + complement
e.g. - They haven’t come here yet.
- I haven’t visited my parents to see their condition.
c. Interrogative
Has/Have + subject + verb-3 + complement
e.g. - Has the plane taken off when you come?
- Have you cleaned your room?

Note:
- We use to be-2 (was/were) for particular subject:
To be-2 Subject
I
He
was
She
It
You
were We
They
- We use have/has for particular subject:
Have/Has Subject
I
You
have
We
They
He
has She
It
- There are two kinds of verb: regular verb and irregular verb.
 Regular verb
Verb-1 Verb-2 Verb-3
Clean Cleaned Cleaned
Wash Washed Washed
Paint Painted Painted
Walk Walked Walked
 Irregular verb
Verb-1 Verb-2 Verb-3
Write Wrote Written
Read Read Read
Find Found Found
Come Came Come
See the vocabulary to find others example.

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