Catatan Kuliah: The Simple Past Tense

Pengantar

• Pembahasan tentang The Simple Past Tense.
• Merupakan ciri kebahasaan dari recount text.
• Recount text menceritakan peristiwa yang sudah terjadi di masa lalu.

Pengertian Simple Past Tense

• Menjelaskan peristiwa yang sudah terjadi dan tidak berlangsung lagi di masa kini.
• Contoh: "He visited his grandparents last week."

Fungsi Simple Past Tense

1. Aktivitas Masa Lalu

   • Menjelaskan aktivitas yang biasa dilakukan di masa lalu.
   • Contoh: "When I was in senior high school, I went to school at 7 o'clock AM."

2. Kejadian Selesai

   • Menjelaskan kejadian yang sudah selesai.
   • Contoh: "I was sick two days ago."

3. Waktu Pasti

   • Menjelaskan kejadian di masa lalu dengan waktu yang pasti.
   • Contoh: "She visited Borobudur last year."

4. Perasaan Masa Lalu

   • Menjelaskan perasaan atau emosi yang terjadi di masa lalu.
   • Contoh: "Zaki was happy to see his best friend."

5. Kebiasaan Masa Lalu

   • Menjelaskan kebiasaan yang tidak dilakukan lagi saat ini.
   • Contoh: "I used to meet him but not anymore."

Pola Simple Past Tense

1. Pola Kalimat Nominal

• Subjek I, he, she: diikuti was.
• Subjek you, we, they: diikuti were.
• Contoh:
  • "You were a student last month."
  • "We were sick yesterday."
  • "They were at home last month."

2. Pola Kalimat Negatif

• Affirmative: Subject + to be (was/were) + complement.
• Negatif: Subject + to be (was/were) + not + complement.
  • Contoh: "She was not sick yesterday."

3. Pola Kalimat Interrogatif

• Yes/No Question: Was/Were + subject + complement?

  • Contoh: "Were they rich? Yes, they were. No, they were not."

• Question Words: Question word + was/were + subject + complement?

  • Contoh: "Why were you late yesterday?"

4. Pola Kalimat Verbal

• Subjek + Verb 2 + Complement.
• Contoh:
  • "I drank tea yesterday."
  • "He wrote a letter yesterday."

Kata Kerja dalam Simple Past Tense

1. Regular Verbs

• Ditambahkan akhiran -ed.
  • Contoh: "play -> played"

2. Irregular Verbs

• Bentuk berubah tidak teratur.
  • Contoh: "drink -> drank"

Latihan

Exercises A

• Ubah kalimat present tense menjadi simple past tense.
• Contoh: "Tom usually wakes up early. Yesterday morning he woke up early."

Exercises B

• Lengkapi kalimat dengan kata kerja yang sesuai.
  • Contoh: "Tom's father taught him how to drive when he was 17."

Exercises C

• Ubah kata kerja menjadi bentuk simple past tense.
  • Contoh: "Tom didn't shave this morning because he didn't have time."

Penutup

• Pembahasan selanjutnya: Past Progressive atau Past Continuous Tense.
• Terima kasih telah menonton.