SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Answer :

Siti, where were you before you went to school this morning? I called you around six to remind you to bring my dictionary to school. But, nobody picked up the phone?

Explanation :

Simple past tense mendeskripsikan tindakan yang telah dimulai dan diselesaikan juga pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau . Durasi waktu kegiatan tidak ditentukan, bisa saja baru - baru ini telah terjadi dan kejadian yang memang sudah lama terjadi di masa lampau.

Berdasarkan struktur kalimatnya, dibagi 2 jenis yaitu verbal sentence & Nominal sentence .

1. Verbal sentence

• merupakan struktur kalimat yang predikatnya berupa kata kerja. Contoh : eat, run, drink, do, walk, read, watch, swim and etc.

Pattern of Verbal Sentence

(+) Subject + Verb 2 + Object/Complement  

(-) Subject + did + not + verb 1 + Object/ Complement

(?) Did+Subject+Verb 1 + Object/Complement ?

2.Nominal sentence

• memiliki struktur kalimat dimana predikatnya bukan berupa kata kerja. Pada umumnya diikuti kata benda (noun), kata sifat (adjective) dan keterangan ( adverb ).

Pattern of nominal sentence :

(+) Subject + tobe ( was/were ) + noun/adjective/adverb

(-) Subject + tobe(was/were) + not + noun/adjective/adverb  

(?) tobe(was/were)+Subject + noun/adjective/adverb?

ADVERB OF TIME

( Keterangan waktu identifikasi bentuk simple past)

1. Definite point in time ( waktu penentu jelas )

→ last week, yesterday, two years ago, last night, this morning

Example :

Verbal

(+ ) She  met her friend this morning.

( - ) She did not meet her friend this morning.

( ? ) Did she meet her friend this morning?

Nominal

(+ ) They were in Yogyakarta last year.

( - )  They were not in Yogyakarta last year.

(? ) Were They in Yogyakarta last year  ?

2. An indefinite point in time ( dalam waktu yang tidak ditentukan )

→ a long time ago, the other day

Example :

Verbal  

(+ ) He lived with his grandparents  when he was young.    

(- )  He did not live with his grandparents  when he was young.

( ? ) Did he live with his grandparents when he was young?

Nominal

(+) He was an army  a long time ago      

(- ) He wasn't an army a  long time ago

( ? ) Was he an army a long time ago ?

PERTANYAAN WH-WORD DALAM SIMPLE PAST TENSE :

RUMUS :

Nominal

WH-Word +was/were+subject+ Complement?

Example :

Where were you couple days ago?

___________

For more information, learn about the similar topics :

yomemimo.com/tugas/22991782 ( example of nominal simple past tense )

yomemimo.com/tugas/703346 ( the brief explanation of simple past )

Detail Answer

Level          : Jhs  (8)

Subject      : English

Category   : Sentence Structure

Code         : 5

Categorization : 8.5.9

Keywords     =  Simple Past tense