A. DENGAN VERB (KATA KERJA)
| Pola | Contoh | |
| (+) | I/you/we/they + V2 She/he/it + V2 |
I/you/we/they liked meat She/he/it liked meat |
| (-) | I/you/we/they + did + not + V1 She/he/it + did + not + V1 |
I/you/we/they did not like meat She/he/it did not like meat |
| (?) | Did + I/you/we/they + V1? Did + she/he/it + V1? – Yes, she/he/it + did – No, she/he/it + did + not |
Did I/you/we/they like meat? Did she/he/it like meat? – Yes, she/he/it did – No, she/he/it didn’t |
Keterangan:
- Dalam kalimat positif, semua subjek + V2
- Dalam bahasa Inggris, V2 bentuknya ada yang beraturan (regular) dan tidak beraturan (irregular).
- Regular verbs: V1 + d/ed
look = looked
bake = baked
visit = visitedcorrect = corrected
deliver = delivered
fund = funded - Irregular verbs: lihat kamus atau LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS
put = put
write = wrote
come = camego = went
have = had
make = made
- Dalam kalimat negatif, semua verb kembali ke V1.
- Did + not = didn’t
B. TANPA VERB (KATA KERJA)
| Pola | Contoh | |
| (+) | You/we/they + were + pelengkap I/she/he/it + was + pelengkap |
You/we/they were thin I/she/he/it was thin |
| (-) | You/we/they + were + not + pelengkap I/she/he/it + was + not + pelengkap |
You/we/they were not thin I/she/he/it was not thin |
| (?) | Were + you/we/they + pelengkap? Was + I/she/he/it + pelengkap? – Yes, I/she/he/it + were – No, I/she/he/it + was + not |
Were you/we/they thin? Was I/she/he/it thin? – Yes, I/she/he/it was – No, I/she/he/it wasn’t |
Keterangan:
- Pronoun “I” menggunakan was dalam pola ini, sejajar dengan she/he/it.
- Was + not = wasn’t
- Were + not = weren’t
C. FUNGSI SIMPLE PAST
- Untuk menyatakan kejadian di masa lampau yang waktunya jelas
yesterday
five minutes ago
an hour ago
three days ago
last nightlast week
last month
last year
this morning
in 2010Contoh:
Last year, I traveled to Japan. - Untuk menyatakan kebiasaan di masa lampau (used to)
Contoh:He used to call me last week.
