Pembahasan:

Sebelum membuat cerita yang menggunakan simple past tense, past continuous tense, dan past perfect tense, kita sebaiknya mengetahui struktur kalimat yang menggunakan simple past tense, past continuous tense, dan past perfect tense terlebih dahulu. Berikut penjelasannya.

Simple past tense

Tenses ini digunakan untuk mengekspresikan suatu kejadian atau kegiatan yang dilakukan pada masa lampau.

Struktur kalimat:

(+) S + V2 + O

(-) S + didn't / did not + V1 + O

(?) Did + S + V1 + O + ?

Contoh kalimat: I watched the World Cup on TV last night.

Past continuous tense

Tenses ini digunakan menyatakan suatu kejadian atau kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung di masa lampau.

Struktur kalimat:

(+) S + was / were + V-ing + O

(-) S + wasn't / weren't + V-ing + O

(?) Was / were + S + V-ing + O + ?

Contoh kalimat: I was cooking dinner when you called me yesterday

Past perfect tense

Tenses ini digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian yang telah terjadi sebelum kejadian lain pada masa lampau.

Struktur kalimat:

(+) S + had + V3 + O

(-) S + had + not + V3 + O

(?) Had + S + V3 + O +?

Contoh kalimat: She had had breakfast before she went to school.

Berikut contoh cerita yang menggunakan simple past tense, past continuous tense, dan past perfect tense.

Last week was my birthday. My family members seemed like they forgot my birthday. They didn't say happy birthday or gave a birthday present for me. They just did their daily routine as usual like there was nothing special. At school, my friends also didn't remember my birthday. It made me so sad. I went home early after the class had finished. I went to my bedroom when i had arrived at home. I cried because i thought nobody remembered my birthday. Suddenly, my bedroom's door opened when i was crying. I saw my family and my friends brought a birthday cake for me. I wiped my tears when they were singing happy birthday. Apparently, they had secretly planned to trick me because they knew that my birthday was coming soon. it was an unforgettable birthday surprise for me.

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Detil tambahan:

Kelas: SMA

Pelajaran: bahasa inggris

Kategori: Tenses

Kata kunci: simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense