SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
by:
Lulu Nurul Adhani
Lulunuruladhani@gmail.com

What we’re going to learn?

bentuk tense yang menyatakan
suatu tindakan yang selesai
dilakukan pada waktu tertentu di
masa lalu.

yesterday morning =
kemarin pagi
yesterday noon = kemarin
siang
yesterday afternoon=
kemarin siang menjelang
sore
yesterday evening =
kemarin sore menjelang
malam
last Saturday = hari Sabtu
lalu
last night = semalam / tadi
malam
last week = minggu lalu
a week ago = seminggu lalu
a month ago = satu bulan yang
lalu
a year ago = setahun lalu
an hour ago = satu jam yang lalu
one minute ago = satu menit yang
lalu
a long time ago = dahulu kala
three weeks ago = tiga minggu
lalu
six months ago = 6 bulan lalu
two years ago = dua tahun lalu
ten hours ago = 10 jam yang lalu
a few minutes ago = beberapa
menit yang telah berlalu

Regular
Verbs
Irregular
Verbs

Bring -> Brought
Jump -> Jumped

Verb 1 Verb 2 Verb 3 Regular/Irre
gular
See Saw Seen IRREGULAR
Sing Sang Sung irregular
Walk Walked Walked Regular
Find Found Found Irregular
Write Wrote Written Irregular

NOMINAL AND VERBAL
SENTENCES
kalimat yang kata kerjanya (Verb) selain anggota be (is, am,
S + VERB (Selain “be”) + OBJECT + ADVERB
Mereka mendapat sebuah hadiah = They get a present.
Verbal sentence
NOMINAL sentence
kalimat yang kata kerjanya berupa be (is, am,
S + VERB ( berupe ‘be’ ) + COMPLEMENTS (ad
Kami sangat keren = We are so cool

I traveled to Lombok last week.
(Saya bepergian ke Lombok
minggu lalu.)

• Subject + Verb 2 + Object
• John traveled to Lombok last
week.
Positive
Sentence
• Subject + did not (didn’t) +
Verb 1 + Object
• John did not travel to
Lombok last week.
Negative
Sentence
• Did + Subject + Verb 1+
Object + ?
• Did John travel to Lombok
last week?
Interrogative
Sentence

LETS TRY TO MAKE THE
SENTENCE!
She bought this bag two days ago.
(Dia membeli tas ini dua hari yang lalu.)
She didn't buy this bag two
days ago.
(Dia tidak membeli tas ini
dua hari yang lalu.)
Did She buy this bag two days ago?
(Dia tidak membeli tas ini dua hari yang
lalu.)
Subject + Verb
2 + Object
Subject + did not
(didn’t) + Verb 1 +
Object
Did + Subject +
Verb 1+ Object + ?

“
Congratul
ation!
You do a
great job

Wa
s
I
He
Sh
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It
We
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Th
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W
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Yo
u

• Subject + be (was/were)+
adjective/adverb/noun
• They were at school
yesterday.
Positive
Sentence
• Subject + be (was/were) + NOT
+ adjective/adverb/noun
• They were not at school
yesterday.
Negative
Sentence
• Was/were + subject +
adjective/adverb/noun?
• were they at school
yesterday?
Interrogative
Sentence

Lets make a
sentence!
I was born
in 1995
I was not born
in 1995
Was i born in
1995?

“
Excele
nt!

1.John ____ (Drink/drank) a cup of coffee before class
this morning?
2.We____ (did/do) not Eat a delicious dinner at a
Mexican restaurant last night.
3.I don’t have any money in my pocket. I ____
(Spend/Spent) it last night. I’m flat broke.
4.I____ (IS/WAS) in the newspaper yesterday.
5.The sun____ (Rise/Rose) at 6:04 this morning.
Please choose the best answer
for sentences below!

“
THAN
KS