Lecture Notes: Simple Past Tense

Understanding Simple Past Tense

• Used to describe events that happened and ended in the past.

Summary

• The formula for simple past tense: Subject + Verb (V2) + Object.

Types of Verbs

1. Regular Verbs
   • Formed by adding -ed or -d to the base form.
   • Examples:
     • Stay → Stayed
     • Punch → Punched
     • Play → Played
     • Touch → Touched
2. Irregular Verbs
   • Do not follow a specific pattern and often change completely.
   • Examples:
     • Awake → Awoke
     • Begin → Began
     • Drink → Drank
     • Eat → Ate
     • Run → Ran
   • Some irregular verbs remain the same:
     • Put → Put
     • Split → Split
     • Spread → Spread
     • Set → Set
     • Cut → Cut

Examples of Affirmative Sentences

• Abdul went to Bali for holiday last Sunday.
• She joined English club class at school yesterday.
• John got an accident at the office last Monday.
• Ronnie bought new laptops last night.
• They watched Dylan, the newest movie at the cinema yesterday.
• Adi went to school by his new cars this morning.
• Danny applied for manager position at Morris Company.
• Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the president of Indonesia.
• I was born in Surabaya.
• My mother cooked grilled fish for my birthday party.

Forming Negative Sentences

• Formula: Subject + did not + Verb 1 or Subject + to be (was/were) + not

Examples of Negative Sentences

• I did not sleep well last night.
• Ronnie did not come to the office yesterday.
• Adi did not win the English debate competition last month.
• Arif was not the smartest student in the class.
• She did not complete her job.
• Many kids did not like horror movies.
• Dodi did not eat the vegetables.
• John did not buy a car.
• Thomas did not come to my party yesterday.
• George did not go to the dentist because he was afraid.

Forming Interrogative Sentences

• Formula: Did + Subject + Verb 1 or To be (was/were) + Subject

Examples of Interrogative Sentences

• Did you see my bag on the table?
• Did the student come to school?
• Did you sleep enough last night?
• Did she deliver the pizza on time?
• Did they allow you to join their English club?
• Were you late to come to the office at 11 a.m. yesterday?
• Was he so busy?
• Was the movie so fantastic?
• Did he clean your room yesterday?
• Was Dewey happy to work here?

Conclusion

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