Simple Past

Pola kalimat

Verbal :

(+) S + V2 + O                                                (+) She spoke English

(-) S + Did + not + V1 + O                             (-) She did not speak English

(?) Did + S + V1 + O ?                                   (?) Did she speak English?

Nominal

(+) S + Was / Were + Complement                 (+) Aura was a student.

(-) S + Was / Were + not + Complement        (-) Aura was not a student

(?) Was / Were + S + Complement?               (?) was Aura a student?

·     Time signal: yesterday, last month, this morning (tadi pagi), two days ago, last…..

·     Fungsi simple past:

1.      untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang terjadi di waktu tertentu pada masa lampau. Eg: aisya bought a car yesterday.

2.      menyatakan kebiasaan di masa lampau. (sekarang sudah tidak lagi) Eg: he used to play in Borinda. Ani usually went to campus on foot last month.

3.      Sebagai if clause dalam conditional sentence tipe 2. Eg: If my club had much money, we will buy the most expensive one.

·     Fungsi did:

1.      sebagai kata kerja bantu: I did not do it.

2.      sebagai ordinary verb : I did my homework.

3.      sebagai penyangat. : I did love it.

·     Perbedaan simple past dengan present perfect:

1.      simple past digunakan untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang diketahui waktunya. Eg: I visited my boy yesterday.

2.      present perfect digunakan untuk sesuatu yang tidak diketahui waktunya.

      Eg: I have visited my boy.

RUMUS MENGGUNAKAN KATA TANYA (QUESTION WORD)

2. menanyakan subjek.             à  Q.W + V2 + O?

3. Menanyakan selain subjek.  à  Q.W + Did + S + V1?

Example:

            Danar studied English last night.

               a           b         c               d

1. Who studied English last night?
2. What did Danar do last night.
3. What did Danar study last night?

When did Danar study English?