1. … any interesting people in the conference yesterday?
a. Do you meet
b. Do you met
c. Did you meet
d. Did you met
2. Ratna … to my house last week, but I … at home
a. Comes; isn’t
b. Come; was
c. Came; wasn’t
d. Came; isn’t
3. The woman … in the room last night
a. Was
b. Were
c. Is
d. Are
4. Some pens … by him last Tuesday.
a. Was bought
b. Is bought
c. Buys
d. Were bought
5. My father went to London last week. He had something to do there. He … the night in Hilton hotel.
a. Spend
b. Spends
c. Spent
d. Has spent
6.I………to the school alone yesterday
a.walk
b.walked
c.walks
d.walking
7.we……in this restaurant 2 days ago
a.ate
b.eaten
c.eating
d.eat
8.I……in this sofa with him
a.sleeping
b.sleep
c.slept
d.sleped
9.We…… each other 2 years ago
a.love
b.be loving
c.are love
d.loved
10.I……this scissors to cut the grass yesterday
a.cuted
b.cuting
c.cut
d.be cutted
(PILIH JAWABAN YANG BENAR)
SIMPLE PAST
1. C. Did you meet
2. C. Came; wasn’t
3. A. Was
4. D. Were bought
5. C. Spent
6. B.walked
7. A .ate
8. C. slept
9. D. loved
10. C. Cut
EXPLANATION
Simple past tense adalah verb tense yg mendeskripsikan tindakan yang telah dimulai dan diselesaikan juga di masa lampau.
Time signal yang digunakan meliputi definite & indefinite time, yaitu two days ago, two years ago, last Tuesday, last week, yesterday, a long time ago, last night, this morning, the other day.
Sistematika kalimat terbagi 2 jenis, yaitu verbal dan non-verbal/nominal.
1. [Verbal sentemce]
- Kalimat verbal, predikatnya berupa kata kerja
Rumus
(+) S+ Verb2 + O/C
(- ) S+ did + not + verb1 + O/C
(?) Did+S+Verb1 + O/C?
Exp.
(+) She LIVED in Paris last year
(- ) She DIDN'T LIVE in Paris last year
(?) DID she LIVE in Paris last year ?
2. [Nominal sentence]
- Kalimat nominal terdiri dari kopula dengan diikuti dengan noun (kata benda)/ adjective (kata sifat)/adverb (keterangan).
Rumus
(+) S+to be(was/were)+Adj/Noun/PP
(-) S+to be(was/were)+not +Adj/Noun/PP
(?) To be(was/were)+S+Adj/Noun/PP
Exp.
(+) She was HAPPY last night
(-) She wasn't HAPPY last night
(?) Was she HAPPY last night ?
Note :
~ Kata kerja yang digunakan dalam simple past tense menggunakan kata kerja kedua [preterite]. Maka, perhatikan pembentukan kata kerjanya baik irregular ataupun regular verb.
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Details
Grade : VIII
Subject : English
Category : Sentence Structure
Code : 8.5.9
Keywords : did, was, were, yesterday, 2 days ago