Pengertian, Rumus, Contoh dan Soal Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

A.    PENGERTIAN

Simple past tense is used to talk about finished actions that happened at a specific time in the past. Suatu bentuk kata kerja sederhana untuk menunjukkan bahwa suatu kejadian terjadi di masa lampau. Pada simple past tense, menggunakan waktu kejadian/time adverb: (yesterday, last two days, last year) atau periode waktunya (for two months, for a day, for an hour).

B.     PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE/RUMUS

            

            1.   To be statements

Positive (+)	S + to be (was/were) + complement (pelengkap)
Negative (-)	S + be (was/were) + not + complement
Interrogative (?)	To be (was/were) + S + complement + ?

Kata asal	Positive (+)	Negative (-)	Interrogative (?)
I am a math teacher last year.	I was a math teacher last year.	I was not a math teacher last year.	Was I a math teacher last year?
He is a dentist last year.	He was a dentist last year.	He was not a dentist last year.	Was he a dentist last year?
She is a good violist.	She was good a violist.	She was not good a violist.	Was she a good violist?
It is my home.	It was my home.	It was not my home.	Was it my home?
You are there with your mother last night.	You were there with your mother last night.	You were not there with your mother last night.	Were you there with your mother last night?
We are friends for a year.	We were friends for a year.	We were not friends for a year.	Were we friends for a year?
They are here last night.	They were here last night.	They were not here last night.	Were they here last night?

2.      Regular (a verb by adding to the end “-ed”) and Irregular statement 

Positive (+)	S + Verb-2 + Object
Negative (-)	S + did + not + Verb 1 + Object
Interrogative (?)	Did + S+ Verb 1 + Object + ?

Kata asal	Positive (+)	Negative (-)	Interrogative ?	Short answer +	Short answer -
I work.	I worked.	I did not work.	Did I work?	Yes, I did.	No, I didn't.
He works.	He worked.	He did not work.	Did he work?	Yes, he did.	No, he didn't.
She works.	She worked.	She did not work.	Did she work?	Yes, she did.	No, she didn't.
It works.	It worked.	It did not work.	Did it work?	Yes, it did.	No, it didn't.
You work.	You worked.	You did not work.	Did you work?	Yes you did.	No, you didn't.
We work.	We worked.	We did not work.	Did we work?	Yes we did.	No, we didn't.
They work.	They worked.	They did not work.	Did they work?	Yes they did.	No, they didn't.

            There are several examples of irregular verbs in the picture below:

Go       = went	Feel   = felt	Stand  = stood	Drive  = drove
Come  = came	Break = broke	Run     = ran	Draw  = drew
Take    = took	Bring  = brought	Send   = sent	Drink  = drank
See     = saw	Write  = wrote	Choose = chose	Eat     = ate
Say     = said	Speak = spoke	Buy  = bought	Sit      = sat
Know   = knew	Hear   = heard	Bring = brought	Meet  = met

3.      SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF TO BE, TO HAVE, TO DO

Subject	Verb
	Be (is, am, are)	Have, Has	Do, Does
I	was	had	did
You	were	had	did
He / She / It	was	had	did
We	were	had	did
You	were	had	did
They	were	had	did

      Latihan Soal:

      Choose one of the best answer!

1. I ……… my drawing book two days ago
   a. loss
   b. lost
   c. was losing

2. I was listening to music when my teacher ……… my class.
   a. has entered
   b. was entering
   c. entered

3. My brother ……… the newspaper when he was waiting his friend.
   a. read
   b. was reading
   c. had read

4. My brother and me went to the campus and then we ………… in a cafeteria.
   a. had relaxed
   b. relaxed
   c. were relaxing

5. Anita ……… John when she was reading book in library.
   a. was meeting
   b. met
   c. had met

6. The students ……… to zoo when they were studying animal’s name.
   a. were going
   b. went
   c. had gone

7. Angeline ……… to English conversation when her friend was singing beside her.
   a. listened
   b. listens
   c. was listening

8. I ……… to college alone when my friend was coming late.
   a. walked
   b. walk
   c. was walking

9. ………… she read novel last morning?
   a. Do
   b. Does
   c. Did

10. My brother ……… a motorcycle three weeks ago.
    a. has
    b. had
    c. have