Materi: Simple Past Tense.
Sebelum pembahasan tentang Simple Past Tense, materi yang berbeda dengan materi yang
pernah kita pelajari sebelumnya yakni simple present Tense, coba dikerjakan exercises di
bawah ini dalam bentuk lampau.
Supply the correct of the past tense of to be.
1. Teresa .............. absent from school yesterday.
2. I .............. in the same class as Wendy last year.
3. We ........... good friends for many years.
4. The door of the office ................ opened.
5. But both windows ......... closed.
6. Anet .......... not in school yesterday.
7. He and his sister .......... sick two days ago.
8. You ...............busy all day yesterday.
9. We .......... tired after our long walk.
10. I .......... hungry after so much exercise.
11. There ............ a lot of students absent from class yesterday.
12. Jordan ......... present, but I .......... not.
13. The weather yesterday .......... very warm.
14. We ............ pleased to receive your whatsApp messages.
15. You ............. not satisfied with my composition.
16. The exercises in the last lesson ...... easy.
17. We ....... not able to get in touch with Mr. Bambang yesterday.
18. The wind last night.......... very strong
Setelah mengerjakan latihan soal-soal di atas, baiklah kita bahas secara ringkas agar mudah
dipahami.
Pengertian Simple Past Tense:
Simple Past Tense adalah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menerangkan peristiwa atau
action/perbuatan yang dilakukan pada saat tertentu di waktu lampau dalam bentuk sederhana,
waktu peristiwa telah diketahui.
Describes/expresses: action in the past.
Keterangan waktu seperti: last night, last week, last year, two weeks ago, yesterday, five
years ago, this morning, ago, etc.
Seperti di Simple Present Tense, simple Past Tense dilihat dari predikatnya dibagi menjadi:
1. Nominal sentence.
S +To be (was/were) + non verb.
Non verb dapat menggunakan Noun(kata benda), Adjective(kata sifat), Adverb(kata
keterangan).
Bila kalimat subyeknya I, He, She, It menggunakan to be bentuk lampau was
I was ...
He/she/it was ....
Bila kalimat subyeknya You, We, They menggunakan to be bentuk lampau were
You were ....
We were ....
They were .....
Example in the sentences:
I was a student thirty years ago.
You were in the classroom last week.
She was absent from school yesterday.
They were here yesterday
They were happy last night.
The weather was cloudy yesterday.
Negative sentence: kalimat negative di simple past tense tinggal menambah not setelah
to be (was not, were not).
I was not ( I wasn’t) a student thirty years ago.
You were not (You weren’t) in the classroom last week.
She was not absent from school yesterday.
They were not (They weren’t) here yesterday.
They were not happy last night.
The weather was not cloudy yesterday.
Interrogatives/questions:tinggal meletakkan was / were didepan Subyek.
Was I a student thirty years ago? Yes, You were. No, you were not (short answer).
Yes, you were a student thirty years ago (Complete answer).
Were they here yesterday?
Were you in the classroom last week?
Was she absent from school yesterday?
Were they happy last night?
Was the weather cloudy yesterday?
2. Verbal sentence.
Kalimat yang predikatnya kata kerja dalam simple past tense susunannya sebagai berikut:
Affirmative:
S + V 2(past tense) + O+ Adverb.
He went to Jakarta last week.
They played football yesterday.
She studied English last night.
They cleaned the classroom last week.
Negative sentence : menambah did not/didn’t setelah Subyek dan kata kerja kembali
bentuk 1(Verb 1)/bentuk asalnya.
S + did not+ Verb 1/infinitive + O + Adverb.
didn’t
He did not go to Jakarta last week.
They did not play football yesterday.
She did not study English last night.
They did not clean the classroom last week.
Interrogative sentence:meletakkan Did di depan Subyek dan kata kerja kembali bentuk
1(Verb 1)/bentuk asalnya.
Did + S + V 1 + O + Adverb?
Did he go to Jakarta last week? Yes, he did. No, he did not (short answer)
Yes, he go to Jakarta last week. No, he did not go to Jakarta last week (complete answer)
Did they play football yesterday?
Did she study English last night?
Did they clean the classroom last week?
Examples The Regular and irregular verb: Kata kerja beraturan dan kata kerja tidak
beraturan.
The past tense form of regular verb adds ed to the simple form.
work - worked – bekerja. want – wanted - menginginkan
study - studied – belajar listen – listened –mendengarkan
paint – painted - mengecat talk – talked - bercakap-cakap
play – played – bermain learn – learned – mempelajari
help - helped - membantu
The Past Tense form of irregular verbs must be memorized.
break – broke – memecahkan send – sent - mengirim
begin – began – memulai sit – sat - duduk
bring – brought – membawa sing – sang - bernyanyi
buy – bought – membeli stand – stood - berdiri
catch – caught – menangkap take – took - mengambil
do –did - mengerjakan teach – taught - mengajar
eat – ate - makan sell – sold - menjual
find – found – menemukan tell – told – mengatakan/bercerita
forget – forgot – lupa see – saw - melihat
go – went – pergi think – thought – berpikir, mengira
keep – kept – menyimpan understand – understood – mengerti.
leave – left – meninggalkan ring – rang – berbunyi
lose – lost – kehilangan know – knew –mengetahui/mengenal
make – made – membuat drink – drank - minum
write - wrote - menulis take – took – mengambil
wear - wore - memakai understand - understood – mengerti/memahami
I. Change the following sentences from affirmative to negative and then change to
questions/interrogative.. Ubahlah kalimat berikut ke kalimat negative kemudian
ubahlah menjadi kalimat tanya.
1. You were tired last night.
2. Both doors were closed.
3. The exercises were easy to do.
4. The man was a stranger to her.
5. It was a pleasant day.
6. He was a tall man.
7. The sea was very rough.
8. There were ten new words in lesson.
9. Aldo was a good swimmer.
10. She was very intelligent.
11. They were both Americans.
12. She was a good tennis player.
13. You were a happy child.
14. He was always angry.
15. They were friendly enemies.
16. Maria was an old friend of the family.
II. Supply the past tense form of the verbs in parentheses. And then make negative and
interrogative sentences.
[Link] (work) in our garden all day yesterday.
( +) We worked in our garden all day yesterday.
( - )We did not work in our garden all day yesterday.
( ? )Did we work in our garden all day yesterday?
2. I (listen) to the radio until twelve o’clock last night.
[Link] and I (talk) on the telephone yesterday.
4. He (want) to learn English.
5. They (live) in France for many years.
6. We (expect) to go to Europe in June.
7. The meeting (last) about two hours.
8. They (paint) their house white.
9. She (arrive) late for class.
10. She (study) in our class semester.
11. We (watch) television until eleven o’clock last night.
12. Mr. and Mrs. Ted (come) to visit us last night.
13. They (tell) us about their plans for their new house.
14. The weather was warm, so we (sit) on our front porch. (serambi/beranda)
15. I (put) your coat on the desk.
16. The meeting (begin) at eight and (end) at ten last night.
17. I (stay) home last night and (write) several letters.
18. This book (cost) $ 50.
19. We (eat) our lunch in the Cafetaria yesterday.
20 . The man (drink) a lot of wine at the party last night
21. Mr. Joko finally (sell) her house.
22. I (hear) the President (speak) on television last night.
23. I (see) you on the street yesterday morning.
24. My father (know) Mr. Budi well even before he (come) to live in this town.
25. Lenny (feel) well yesterday, but today she feels sick again.
Hand out oleh: Sogimin, S.S., [Link].
