Kamis, 05 Juni 2008

Past Tense

Simple Past
Simple past digunakan untuk mengekspresikan kejadian yang dimulai pada waktu lalu (contoh : kemarin [yesterday], tadi malam [last night], dua hari yang lalu [two days ago], pada tahun 1990 [in 1990] )

Contoh :
Mary walked downtown yesterday.
Bob stayed home yesterday morning.
Our plane arrived on time.

Pada contoh diatas dapat diamati pola-pola kata kerja yang digunakan pada waktu lampau biasanya adalah : kata kerja pertama + ed (V1+ed), namun ada juga kata kerja tak beraturan yang tidak memakai pola seperti diatas.

Contoh pemakaian verba tak beraturan :
I slept for eight hours last night.
I ate breakfast this morning.
Sue took a taxi to the airport.

Bentuk-bentuk Simple Past
Subyek = I-you-we-they-he-she-it
(+) Subyek + V3 + (ket waktu)
Contoh : I worked yesterday.
They ate breakfast.
(-) Subyek + did not + V1 + (ket waktu)
Contoh : She didn’t work yesterday.
We didn’t eat breakfast.
(?) Did + Subyek + V1 + (ket waktu)
Contoh : Did she work yesterday?
Did we eat breakfast?
Jawaban : Yes + Subyek + did
No + Subyek + did not
Contoh : Yes, she did.
No, she did not.

Penggunaan was dan were.

Bentuk-bentuk penggunaan was dan were.
(-) (I-he-she-it) + was not + adj
(-) (you-we-they) + were not + adj
(?) Was + (I-he-she-it) + adj
(?) Were + (you-we-they) + adj
Jawaban : Yes/No, (I-he-she-it) + was / was not
Yes/No, (you-we-they) + were / were not

Contoh :
He was not busy.
You were not busy.
John was here.
Was I right?

7 komentar:

Rita Nusa Indah mengatakan...

Woww isinya bagus nih.. aku suka bisa belajar di sini suasananya beda aja......Terus aja di posting tenses dll ya...

Rita Nusa Indah mengatakan...

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Anonim mengatakan...

pengen diskusi nih meski udah agak lupa soal tenses:

1. simple past: kemarin (yesterday) bukan last night

2. past perfect:

she was take a bath atau she had taken a bath?
they were eat atau they had eaten?
it was break atau it had broken?

seingat saya rumusnya past perfect: had + past participle

daku jadi bingung nih. mohon pencerahannya

nindya mengatakan...

aku suka bhs Inggris biarpun gak pinter2... Jadi inget pelajaran SMP n SMA..:)

uam mengatakan...

wah, bisa belajar segalanya disini nih, hehehehe

udah saya link juga tuh :p

Shei Layla mengatakan...

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Hahaha....
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Ndop mengatakan...

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