This document discusses the simple past tense in English. It defines the simple past tense as an action that occurred and was completed in the past. There are two types of past tense verbs: regular verbs that follow a consistent pattern of adding "-ed" and irregular verbs that have unpredictable spelling changes. Regular verbs typically add "-ed" to the base verb, with some following special rules. Irregular verbs have varying spelling changes that must be memorized. The document provides examples of forming sentences in the positive, negative, and interrogative using both regular and irregular past tense verbs. It also discusses using "was/were" with nominal sentences and includes common time signals used with the past tense. An example story using past tense verbs is included

1. SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
BY:
ARMI HARIYATI

2. DEFINITION
At One Particular Time In The
Past, This Happened. It Began
And Ended In The Past.

3. FORM OF PAST TENSE
English Has Two Types Of Verbs
In The Past:
-Regular
-Irregular

4. REGULAR VERB
Regular Verbs Are Verbs That End With –Ed
Example:
Simple Form Verbs: Past Tense Verbs:
• Walk Walked
• Study Studied
• Cry Cried
• Live Lived
• Work Worked

5. Rules For Adding –Ed:
• Add –ed to most verbs
• Drop the “e” and add “ed” to verbs that end
with “e” (smile= smiled).
• Change the “y” to “i” and add –ed to verbs
that end with a consonant and “y” (carry=
carried, study= studied).
• Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs
that end with one vowel and one consonant
( drag= dragged, stop= stopped).

6. IRREGULAR VERB
Irregular Verbs Are Verbs That Don’t End In –Ed……..
Sometimes With Irregular Past Tense Verbs You Have To
Change The Vowel To Make The Verb Past Tense:
Become Became
Give Gave
Drive Drove
Forget Forgot
Go Went

7. Other Irregular Verbs Have A Different Kind Of
Change…..You Need To Memorize These!
Teach Taught
Bring Brought
Leave Left
Hear Heard
Buy Bought

8. FORMULA IN VERBAL
1. Positif (+) : S + V2 + O/Complement
Example:
1. Sarah Invited Me Last Week
S V2 O
2. I Went To Jakarta Yesterday
S V2 O

9. 2. Negatif (-) : S+Did not+V1+O/Complement
Example:
1. Sarah Did Not Invite Me Last Week
S Did Not V1 O/Complement
2. I Didn’t Go To Paris Last July
S Didn’t V1 O/Complement

10. 3. Introgatif (?): Did+S+V1+O/Complement
Example:
1. Did You Travel By Boat Last Holiday?
Did S V1 O/Complement
2. Did You See Any Dolphins?
Did S V1 O/Complement

11. FORMULA IN NOMINAL
The First, You Must Remember About That:
Subject tobe
I
She WAS
He
It
You
They WERE
We

12. 1. Positif (+): s+was/were+...
Example:
1. I Was Hunger Yesterday
2. We Were Noisy In The Classroom Last
Morning
3. You Were Present Account Of Healthful

13. 2. Negatif (-): s+was/were+not+...
Example:
1. I Was Not Hunger Yesterday
2. We Were Not Noisy In The Classroom Last
Morning
3. You Were Not Present Account Of Healthful

14. 3. Introgatif (?): was/were+s+...
Example:
1. Was I Hunger Yesterday?
2. Were We Noisy In The Classroom Last
Morning?
3. Were You Present Account Of Healthful?

15. TIME SIGNAL
1. Last Year
Ex: I went to Yogjakarta last year
2. Yesterday
Ex: Dini went to my home yesterday
3. Last Week
Ex: I fineshed my worked lasr week
4. Ago
Ex: She taught English three days ago
5. Once upon a time
Ex: once upon a time, there was a horrible monster
called grendel.

16. THE MOUSE,THE BIRD AND THE SAUSAGE
Once upon a time a mouse, a bird and a
sausage form a partnership. They keep house
together, and for a long time they live in
peace and prosperity. The bird’s task was to
fly into the forest every day to fetch wood.
The mouse carry water, make the fire, and set
the table. The sausage did the cooking.

17. THANK YOU
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