SIMPLE PAST TENSE (Verbal sentence)

Formula :

(+) S + V2 + O + time signal.

(-) S + did + not + V2 + O + time signal.

(?) did + S + V1 + O + time signal?

Penggunaan :

Untuk menyatakan suatu aktivitas yang tejadi di masa lampau dengan keterangan waktu yang jelas.

Example :

(+) I ate cake yesterday

(-) I did not eat cake yesterday

(?) did I eat cake yesterday?

Time signal :

-          Yesterday            : kemarin

-          Last……                :……yang lalu

-          Last night            : kemarin malam

-          Last week            : minggu yang lalu

-          ………ago              : yang lalu

-          Three days ago   : tiga hari yang lalu

-          Two years ago    : dua hari yang lau

Example:

My father gave me a gift last week.

Question word :

Formula :

(subject)        : QWs + V2 + O?

(verb)            : QWv + Did + S + do?

(object)         : QWo + Did + S + V1?

(adverb)        : QWa + Did + S + V1?

Example :

My father went to supermarket last night.

        a               b                            c                      d

a.    Who went to supermarket last night?

b.    What did my father do last night?

c.    Where did my father go last night?

d.    When did my father go to Supermarket?

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Nominal sentence

(+) S + was/were + complement.                                              was             : I, he, she, it

(-) S + was/were + not + complement.                                      were           : you, they, we

(?) was/were + S + complement?

Example :

(+) I was in Surabaya last week.

(-) I was not Surabaya last week.

(?) was I in Jakarta last week?