Jawaban:

Simple past tense adalah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian atau peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lalu dan sudah selesai. Simple past tense dibentuk dengan menggunakan verb 2 (bentuk kedua dari kata kerja) untuk kata kerja reguler atau irregular. Untuk kalimat negatif dan tanya, simple past tense menggunakan kata bantu did dan verb 1 (bentuk pertama dari kata kerja).

Penjelasan:

Dalam teks di atas, ada beberapa kalimat yang menggunakan simple past tense, yaitu:

• - Jacko's mother didn't allow him to go. (Kalimat negatif dengan kata bantu did dan verb 1 allow)
• - The weather wasn't good at that time. (Kalimat negatif dengan to be was dan not)
• - His father was sick. (Kalimat positif dengan to be was)
• - His father kept calling his son's name when he was sleeping. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 kept dan to be was)
• - Jacko's mother asked him many times to cancel it. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 asked)
• - Jacko quarrelled with his mother at night and left home. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 quarrelled dan left)
• - Next morning, Jacko got many messages from his mother. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 got)
• - He didn't reply those messages. (Kalimat negatif dengan kata bantu did dan verb 1 reply)
• - He also rejected his mother's telephone calls. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 rejected)
• - Jacko went to the lake with his friends. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 went)
• - He really enjoyed activities and his time with friends. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 enjoyed)
• - It was so fun. (Kalimat positif dengan to be was)
• - On the last day, it rained so heavely. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 rained)
• - When they were ready to leave, one of his friends named Obi was not in the villa. (Kalimat negatif dengan to be was dan not)
• - They looked for Obi everywhere in the villa, but he wasn't there. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 looked dan kalimat negatif dengan to be was dan not)
• - Then, one local boy said that a dead boy was found on the lake. (Kalimat positif dengan verb 2 said dan found)
• - They checked it and it was Obi, Jacko's best friend.