Definisi dari simple past tense
Simple past tense, terkadang disebut preterite, digunakan untuk membicarakan kejadian yang sudah selesai di waktu sebelum sekarang. Simple past adalah bentuk dasar dari past tense dalam bahasa Inggris. Kejadian dapat terjadi belum lama di masa lalu atau sudah lama di masa lalu, dan durasi kejadiannya tidak penting.Contoh
- John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
- My father died last year.
- He lived in Fiji in 1976.
- We crossed the Channel yesterday.
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frekuensi: often, sometimes, always
I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often brought my lunch to school. -
waktu yang spesifik atau jelas: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
We saw a good film last week.
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
She finished her work atseven o'clock
I went to the theatre last night -
waktu yang tidak spesifik atau tidak jelas: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago
People lived in caves a long time ago.
She played the piano when she was a child.
Hati-hati: Simple past dalam bahasa Inggris mungkin terlihat seperti tense dalam bahasa Anda, tetapi artinya mungkin berbeda.
Membentuk Simple Past Tense
Pola dari simple past tense untuk kata kerja beraturan
Positif | ||
Subjek | + kata kerja (verb) + ed | |
I | skipped. | |
Negatif | ||
Subjek | + did not | + infinitive tanpa to |
They | didn't | go. |
Pertanyaan | ||
Did | + subjek | + infinitive tanpa to |
Did | she | arrive? |
Pertanyaan negatif | ||
Did not | + subjek | + infinitive tanpa to |
Didn't | you | play? |
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