Simple Past Tense

Simple = sederhana, past = masa lalu atau sesuatu yang telah lewat. Simple past tense termasuk bentuk kalimat yang sering digunakan dalam percakapan sehari-hari.

Ciri-ciri simple past tense
- keterangan waktu adalah waktu yang sudah lewat. Contoh : Ibu memasak kemarin. Keterangan waktu 'kemarin' jelas menunjukan keterangan waktu yang sudah lewat atau biasa di sebut lampau walaupun bukan masa lampau yang identik dengan puluhan tahun

- Memiliki keterangan waktu yang biasa digunakan sbb ;
yesterday ( kemarin )
last monday ( hari senin lalu )
in 2005 ( pada tahun 2005 )
last night ( tadi malam )
the day before yesterday ( kemarin dulu )
yesterday morning ( kemarin pagi )
an hour ago ( sejam yang lalu )
every day last year ( tiap hari tahun lalu )

- Menggunakan kata kerja bentuk ke-2 ( verb2 )

Catatan :
Was not di singkat wasn't
Were not di singkat weren't
Did not di singkat didn't

Rumus simple past tense
Kalimat Nominal ( bukan kata kerja )
S + to be ( was, were ) + non verb + .....
Perinciannya sbb :
Positive
I + was + non verb
You/we/they + were + non verb
She/he/it + was + non verb
ex : We were in Lombok last month ( Kita di Lombok bulan lalu )

Negative
I + was + not + non verb
You/we/they + were + not + non verb
She/he/it +was + not + non verb
ex : We weren't in Lombok last month (Kita tidak di Lombok bulan lalu )

Positive Interrogative
Was + I + non verb ?
Were + you/we/they + non verb ?
Was + she/he/it + non verb ?
ex : Were we in Lombok last month? ( Apakah kita di Lombok bulan lalu? )

Negative Interrogative
Was + not + I + non verb ?
Were + not + you/we/they + non verb ?
Was + not + she/he/it + non verb ?
ex : Weren't we in Lombok last month? ( Bukankah kita di Lombok bulan lalu? )

Kalimat Verbal ( kata kerja )
Positive
S + verb 2
ex : He went to London last night ( Dia pergi ke London tadi malam )

Negative
S + did not ( didn't ) + verb 1
ex : He didn't go to London last night ( Dia tidak pergi ke London tadi malam )

Positive Interrogative
Did + S + verb1 ?
ex : Did he go to London last night? ( Apakah dia pergi ke London tadi malam? )

Negative interrogative
Did not ( didn't ) + S + verb 1
ex : Didn't he go to London last night? ( Bukankah dia pergi ke London tadi malam? )