The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past is used to express activities or events that happened in the past. It lists common signal words that indicate the simple past, such as "yesterday" and "ago." It then provides examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentences in both the verbal form using auxiliary verbs and the nominal form using forms of "to be." Finally, it provides a short story as an example using simple past tense constructions.

1. SIMPLE
PAST TENSE

2.  Simple past is used to express
the activities or events in the past.
 Signal word for Simple Past are :
 Yesterday
 Just now
 ……. Ago
 Last …….

3.  VERBAL SENTENCE
( + ) S + V2 + O
( - ) S + did not + V1 + O
( ? ) did + S + V1 + O
 NOMINAL SENTENCE
( + ) S + tobe + Adj/Noun
( - ) S + tobe + not + Adj/Noun
( ? ) tobe + S + Adj/Noun

4.  Tobe
- Was : I, She, He, It
- Were : They, We, You
 Example Verbal Sentence
( + ) She wrote a letter to her
boyfriend last night.
( - ) I did not sleep well last
night.
( ? ) Did you come in the
party yesterday ?

5.  Example Nominal Sentence
( + ) She was happy last night. ( Adv)
We were in Jakarta two weeks ago. ( N)
( - ) He was not happy last night.
We were not in Bali two weeks ago.
( ? ) Were you sad last night ?
Was She in Bali yesterday ?

6. One upon a time in lombok, there was in kingdom
named kuripan. The king of kuripan was very wise.
She did not want anyone killing each other
because of her. That’s why she decided to go the sea.
She died in the south sea of lombok. The king and
princes were sad and felt guilty. They regretted and
stopped fighting.

7. THANK YOU
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