Simple Past Tense Berdasarkan Polanya
A. Pengertian
Simple past tense adalah
kalimat yang digunakan untuk mengungkapkan suatu kejadian yang terjadi di masa
lampau dan selesai atau berakhir di masa lampau juga. Jadi, past tense
digunakan apabila kamu bercerita di masa sekarang tentang aktivitas masa lalu. Simple Past Tense (nominal), predikat yang digunakan
berupa "To Be" yaitu "was", dan "were".
B. Fungsi
Fungsi Simple Pat tense yaitu menjelaskan aktivitas atau kejadian di masa lampau atau telah selesai.
C. Rumus Nominal
Rumus dasar “S + to be (was/ were) + O (Noun/Adjective/adverb)”. Untuk rumus dan pola Simple present tense dalam bentuk
verball akan di bahas di materi selanjutnya.
D. Contoh Nominal
am / is (present)
was (past):
- I am
tired now. I
was tired last night.
- Where
is Ani Where
was Ani yesterday?
- The
weather is nice today. The
weather was bad last week.
are (present) 
were (past):
- You are late today. You were late yesterday.
- They aren't here now. They weren't here last Sunday.
Positive
Bentuk
|
Subject
|
Positive
|
Singular
|
I
|
was
|
She
|
He
|
It
|
Plural
|
We
|
were
|
You
|
they
|
Negative
Bentuk
|
Subject
|
Negative
|
Singular
|
I
|
was not (wasn’t)
|
She
|
He
|
It
|
Plural
|
We
|
were not (weren’t)
|
You
|
they
|
Interrogative
Bentuk
|
Question
|
Subject
|
Singular
|
was
|
I?
|
she?
|
he?
|
it?
|
Plural
|
were
|
we?
|
you?
|
they?
|
Exmple:
- Last year Richard was 22, so she is 23 now.
- When I was a child. I was afraid of dogs.
- We were hungry after the journey, but we weren't tired.
- The hotel was comfortable but it wasn't expensive.
- Was the weather good when you were on holiday?
- Why were you late this morning?
- Was she beautiful yesterday?
E. Keterangan waktu
- yesterday
- 2 days ago
- last week
- last year
- last month
- the day before yesterday
- last night
- a few days ago
- just now
- a long time ago
- in 2021