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    SIMPLE PAST TENSE

    PRESENTED BY
    INDAH DWI PERMANAWATI
    1305020082

    Description
    In general, the simple past tense is used to :
    a. Indicates an activity or situation that began and ended at a
    particular time in the past. Example : He helped me last week.
    b. Describe events that happened over a period of time in the
    past but not now. Example : When I was young, I worked hard.
    c. Explain an activity or situation that happened in the past.
    Example : we were at home last night.
    Some common time signal used in simple past tense are
    yesterday, last..(last night, last week, day), an (hour, day,
    month) ago, this morning, this noon, etc.

    In simple past tense, there are two types of verb,


    regular verbs and irregular verbs.
    A. REGULAR VERBS
    We form the simple
    past tense of most
    verbs by adding -ed
    or -d.
    If the verb ends with
    y preceded by a
    vowel, add -ed.
    If the verb ends with
    y preceded by a
    consonant, drop the
    y, turn it into i and

    REGULAR
    VERB

    EXAMPLE

    want
    help
    live

    wanted
    helped
    lived

    play
    stay
    cook

    played
    stayed
    cooked

    study
    bury
    carry

    studied
    buried
    carried

    B. IRREGULAR VERBS
    These verbs dont follow any rules. Irregular verbs form must
    be learned and you need to memorize these verb.
    IRREGULAR VERB

    EXAMPLE

    awake

    awoke

    buy

    bought

    come

    came

    drink

    drank

    go

    went

    But, some other verbs do not change.


    Examples : put put, hurt hurt, let let, cut cut.

    1. VERBAL SENTENCE

    THE PATTERN

    For
    m

    Pattern

    Example

    Subject + verb 2

    a. They went to Bandung this morning


    b. She saw Helen yesterday.

    Subject + did + not +


    infinitive

    a. They did not go to Bandung this


    morning.
    b. She did not see Helen yesterday.

    a. Did they go to Bandung this


    Did + subject +
    ?
    morning?
    infinitive?
    To make a negative verbal sentence,
    auxiliary
    verb did then add
    b. we
    Did add
    she see
    Helen yesterday?

    not after the subject. Did can used in all of subject (I, You, They, We, He,
    She, It).

    In Interrogative sentence, we can also use a question word (When, What,


    Where, etc.) before did to ask for more information.
    Example : When did they go to Bandung?

    2. NOMINAL SENTENCE
    In this sentence, the predicate is not a verb, but it used a noun,
    adjective, or adverb. So, in this nominal sentence we used was and were.
    was is the past form to be is, am this is for subject I, He, She, and It.
    were is the past form to be are, and this is for subject We, You, They.
    Form

    Pattern

    Example

    S + was/were + Non Verb

    S + was/were + not + Non Verb

    a. We were not happy last day


    b. b. I was not ill yesterday

    Was/were + Subject+ Non Verb?

    a. Were we happy last night?


    b. Was ill yesterday?

    a. We were happy last day


    b. I was ill yesterday

    REFERENCES
    Azar, Betty Schrampfer. (1989). English Grammar : Second
    Edition. New York. Longman.
    H., Drs. Rudy and W. Smith, Harry. (2013). English Grammar
    Complete edition. Mahirsindo Utama.
    Lou, Robby. (2006). English Grammar and How to Used It.

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