Form of Simple Past Tense
Verb Past
1. Basic Form:
S + Verb Past + O
Subject (S)
Verb Past (Common called as V2)
Object ( O )
Example:
He won the silver medal
Subject: He
Verb Past: Won
Infinitive (Kata Dasar): Win
Object: The silver medal
2. Subject
He, She, it, we, you, they, Dani, Suci, Rindu dan Kasih
Noun: pencil, badger, apple,
3. Verb Past
In Indonesia, commonly called as Verb 2, Verb Past = Verb 2.
Two types of simple past verb: regular and irregular
Those verbs add either a -ed or -d.
A. Regular verb:
forms constructed by adding the suffixes “-d” or “-ed” to the end of the word
Example:
Infinitive = Base form
a. walk
Infinitive: Walk
Verb Past: Walked
b. Create
Infinitive: Create
Verb Past: Created
B. Irregular verb:
www.englishgrammar.org describe three types of irregular verb:
- Verbs in which all the three forms are the same
Example:
Infinitive: Put
Verb Past: Put
- Verbs in which two of the three forms are the same
Example:
Infinitive: Sit
Verb Past: Sat
- Verbs in which all three forms are different
Example:
Infinitive: Drink
Verb Past: Drank
C. Exception, Some verbs can be both regular and irregular. Examples are:
Burn – burnt – burnt (irregular)
Burn – burned – burned (regular)
.
Dream – dreamt – dreamt (irregular)
Dream – dreamed – dreamed (regular)
.
Lean – lent – lent (irregular)
Lean – leaned – leaned (regular)
.
Learn – learnt – learnt (irregular)
Learn – learned – learned (regular)
.
Leap – leapt – leapt (irregular)
Leap – leaped – leaped (regular)
.
Smell – smelt – smelt (irregular)
Smell – smelled – smelled (regular)
.
Spill – spilt – spilt (irregular)
Spill – spilled – spilled (regular)
.
Spoil – spoilt – spoilt (irregular)
Spoil – spoiled – spoiled (regular)
4. Sentence of Simple Past
A. Affirmative Sentence: Subject + Verb Past + Object
Example:
Infinitive: Go
Verb Past: Went
Mr. Nino went to Italy.
Detailed:
Mr. Nino: Subject
Went: Verb Past
To Italy: Object
B. Negative Sentence: S + did not + infinitive + object
For negative sentence of simple past, you must put ‘did not or didn’t’ before infinitive. The word ‘did not or didn’t’ is indicate the simple past itself.
Example:
Infinitive: Sleep
Naruto did not sleep in Ungaran.
Detailed:
Naruto: Subject
Did not sleep: verb past
In Ungaran: Object
C. Interrogative Sentence: Did + Subject + Infinitive + Object?
For Interrogative sentence, you must put ‘Did’ before subject and give the question mark to end the sentence like this (?).
Infinitive: Eat
Did you eat Gablok?
Detailed:
Did: Interrogative Simple Past
You: Subject
Eat: Infinitive
Gablok: Object
D. Interrogative Negative Sentence: Did not + Subject + Infinitive + Object?
For Interrogative sentence, you must put ‘Did not’ before subject and give the question mark to end the sentence like this (?).
Did not = didn’t
Infinitive: drink
Did not you drink the tea?
Detailed:
Did not: Interrogative Negative Simple Past
You: Subject
Drink: Infinitive
The tea: Object
5. Example of Simple Past
- Arifianto come to my party. (Arifianto datang ke pesta ku)
- Galang did not complete his task. (Galang tidak menyelesaikan tugasnya)
- Puput did not like the horror movie. (Puput tidak menyukai film horror)
- Latu did not eat the meat. (Latu tidak makan daging)
- Ricard did not buy a house. (Ricard tidak membeli sebuah rumah)
