SIMPLE PAST TENSE WHEN DO WE USE IT

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

WHEN DO WE USE IT Simple past tense is used to express about a situation or an action occured or happened in the past time with certain time. Look at the examples: q My friend got an accident last week. q The man purchased a car last two weeks. q I went to Semarang yesterday. q I didn’t sell my pet to her last night. q Di d you call mom this morning?

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERB PLAYED GO WENT GONE PUSHED EAT ATE EATEN PULLED RUN RAN RUN LIVED SING SANG SUNG MOVED SEE SAW SEEN WALKED MEET MET STARTED BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN FINISHED BUY BOUGHT

ADVERB OF TIME q YESTERDAY q LAST NIGHT q LAST TWO DAYS q LAST WEEK q LAST MONTH q LAST YEAR q TWO MONTH AGO q THREE DAYS AGO q AN HOUR AGO q THIS MORNING q THIS AFTERNOON q IN 1991 q LAST JANUARY q LAST MARCH

POSITIVE SENTENCE SUBJECT VERB 2 q Last month, I visited my uncle. q He bought many economic books at Gramedia yesterday. q My mother phoned me last two days. q Janu played badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon. q They ate much sugar in my house last night.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE SUBJECT DID NOT (DIDN’T) VERB 1 q Last month, I did not visit my uncle. q He did not buy many economic books at Gramedia yesterday. q My mother did not phone me last two days. q Janu didn’t play badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon. q They didn’t eat much sugar in my house last night.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE DID SUBJECT VERB 1? q Last month, did you visit your uncle? q Did he buy many economic books at Gramedia yesterday? q Did my mother phone me last two days? q Did Janu play badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon? q Did they eat much sugar in my house last night?

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE WHAT DID SUBJECT VERB 1? q Last month, whom did you visit? q What did he buy at Gramedia yesterday? q When did my mother phone me? q Where did Janu play badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon? q Why did they eat much sugar in my house last night?

TEST YOURSELVES USE THE FOLLOWING VERBS EITHER REGULAR OR IRREGULAR TO MAKE THREE POSITIVE, THREE NEGATIVE AND THREE INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES. DO NOT USE THE SAME WORD REGULAR VERB IRREGULAR VERB PLAYED GO WENT GONE PUSHED EAT ATE EATEN PULLED RUN RAN RUN LIVED SING SANG SUNG MOVED SEE SAW SEEN WALKED MEET MET STARTED BEGIN BEGAN BEGUN FINISHED BUY BOUGHT