Last year, I had gone to Vietnam for the first time to study at Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

I always wanted to visit Vietnam and learn more about my own family background. My dreams finally came true.​

- Introduction:

Simple past adalah jenis tense untuk menyatakan pekerjaan yang sederhana dilakukan sebelumnya dan tidak ada keterlibatan masa kini, rutinitas atau kebiasaan tapi hanya terjadi di masa lampau, kebenaran umum (sejarah), dan keberadaan di masa lampau saja. Past perfect untuk menyatakan pekerjaan yang benar-benar dilakukan di masa lalu dan tidak ada sama sekali keterlibatan masa kini dan masa depan.

- Discussion:

- 1 -

Last year, I (go) .... to Vietnam for the first time to study at Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

• Adanya kata for the first time menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan itu berlangsung selama waktu yang ditentukan, akan tetapi kegiatan itu tidak akan terjadi di masa kini/depan sehingga benar-benar terjadi hanya di masa lampau. Kalimat ini menggunakan bentuk past perfect.

- 2 -

I (want, always) ........ to visit Vietnam and learn more about my own. family background. My dreams finally came true.​

• Kalimat ini menyatakan suatu harapan, dan apapun yang berkaitan dengan mengharapkan sesuatu itu termasuk ke dalam bentuk simple past.

- Simple past form:

S + V2 + ...

• regular verbs use -ed
• irregular verbs don't use -ed, because they have their own words.

"Want" is a regular verb. So it is simple for us just to add the -ed suffix before the letter t to be: want + -ed. Remember, "always" is an adverb, and it is followed before the verb: always wanted.

- Past perfect form:

S + had + V3 + ...

• regular verbs use -ed
• irregular verbs don't use -ed, because they have their own words.

"Go" is an irregular verb. Replace it into: gone.

- Conclusion:

Here is the right options for each statement:

1. had gone
2. always wanted

Thank you! Good luck and I wish you best. ^^

- Learn more:

• yomemimo.com/tugas/41036191 (past continuous and simple past)
• yomemimo.com/tugas/41086213 (past tense in conditional sentence)
• yomemimo.com/tugas/39094826 (modal could)

- Details

Subject: English

Material: Tenses

Level: Middle

• Grade: 9

Keywords: simple past, past perfect

Subject code: 5

Categorization code: 9.5.5