Simple Past Tense
Written on 08.08 by angga
Simple past tense is used to state the facts or events that occurred in the
past or the past . If we talk about the past, it could be a few minutes ago ,
an hour ago , 2 days ago , last month , last year and so on , which is an
important period of time has passed and nothing to do with the present.
example :
I ate pizza 2 minutes ago .
She did homework last night.
In making the simple past tense sentence is not too difficult . Here is the
formula :
Positive : Subject + V2
Negative : Subject + Did not + V1
Question : Did + Subject + V1 + ?
The verb used in the simple past tense is a verb form to 2 , can be regular and
irregular verbs
Here are examples of regular and irregular verbs :
regular
V1 V2 V3
play played played
live lived lived
Studied study Studied
watch watched watched
Note : In regular verbs , change shape just add d / ed course . For other
examples of regular verbs friends can instantly look up in the dictionary that
friends have.
irregular
V1 V2 V3
go went gone
take took taken
get got got / gotten
buy bought bought
To see the list of irregular verbs , friends temanpun can be directly read in
the dictionary that have friends at home.
Keep in mind that the appropriate formula that I list above , the simple past tense , verb - 2 to only be used in a positive sentence , if questions arise in the form of negative and verb - 2 to be converted into the form of the first verb .
Here are examples of sentences in the simple past tense :
- positive
I Went to school yesterday .
My mother bought a new car last month .
Roni got up early last Sunday .
The boy played games in this room 5 minutes ago .
- negative
I did not go to school yesterday .
My mother did not buy a new car last month .
Roni did not get up early last Sunday .
The boy did not play the games in this room 5 minutes ago .
- question
Did you go to school yesterday ? Yes , I did / No , I did not
Did your mother buy a new car last month ? Yes , she did / No , She did not
Roni did get up early last Sunday ? Yes , he did / No , He did not
Did the boy play the games in this room 5 minutes ago ? Yes , he did / No , he did not
Adverbs / adverbs commonly used in the simple past tense
Yesterday = yesterday
... ago = ... ago
last Tuesday = Tuesday , etc.
last month = month ago
last year = years ago
today = today
In the simple past tense sentence was sometimes not use adverbs , but even if there is no adverb in the sentence , we can understand that the incident / event occurred in the past .
example :
I got up late .
She did not take a bath.
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