Cara Menggunakan Simple Past Tense
Simple Past
FORM ( Bentuk)
[VERB+ed] or irregular verbs
Contoh:
- You called Debbie.
- Did you call Debbie?
- You did not call Debbie.
USE 1 Completed Action in the Past ( Kegiatan Yang Sudah Selesai Di Masa Lampau)
Gunakan Simple Past untuk mengekspresikan suatu tindakan mulai dan selesai pada waktu tertentu di masa lalu. Kadang-kadang, pembicara mungkin tidak benar-benar menyebutkan waktu tertentu, tetapi mereka memiliki satu waktu tertentu dalam pikiran.
Contoh:
- I saw a movie yesterday.
- I didn't see a play yesterday.
- Last year, I traveled to Japan.
- Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
- Did you have dinner last night?
- She washed her car.
- He didn't wash his car.
USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions ( Kumpulan kegiatan yang sudah selesai di masa lampau)
Contoh:
- I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
- He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
- Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?
USE 3 Duration in Past
Simple Past dapat digunakan dengan durasi yang mulai dan berhenti di masa lalu. Sebuah durasi sering ditandai dengan ekspresi seperti: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.
Examples:
- I lived in Brazil for two years.
- Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
- They sat at the beach all day.
- They did not stay at the party the entire time.
- We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
- A: How long did you wait for them?
B: We waited for one hour.
USE 4 Habits in the Past
Simple Past juga dapat digunakan untuk menggambarkan kebiasaan yang berhenti di masa lalu. Hal ini dapat memiliki arti yang sama seperti "used to" Untuk menjelaskan bahwa kita sedang berbicara tentang kebiasaan, kita sering menambahkan ekspresi seperti: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.
Examples:
- I studied French when I was a child.
- He played the violin.
- He didn't play the piano.
- Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
- She worked at the movie theater after school.
- They never went to school, they always skipped class.
USE 5 Past Facts or Generalizations
Simple Past juga dapat digunakan untuk menggambarkan fakta masa lalu atau generalisasi yang tidak lagi benar. Seperti dalam USE 4 di atas, penggunaan ini Simple Past sangat mirip dengan ungkapan "used to"
Contoh:
- She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing.
- He didn't like tomatoes before.
- Did you live in Texas when you were a kid?
- People paid much more to make cell phone calls in the past.
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