Rubahlah Kalimat berikut menjadi bentuk a. He play foot ball yesterday (+,-,?) B. I am very busy (+,-,?)
SIMPLE PAST
1.
(+) He played football yesterday
(-) He didn't play football yesterday
(?) Did he play football yesterday ?
2.
(+) I was very busy
(-) I wasn't very busy
(?) Were you very busy ? or Was I very busy ?
EXPLANATION
Simple past tense mendeskripsikan tindakan yang telah dimulai dan diselesaikan juga di masa lampau. Keterangan waktu meliputi definite & indefinite time, yaitu last week, yesterday, a long time ago, last night, this morning, the other day.
1. Rumus kalimat verbal
- Kalimat verbal [predikatnya berupa kata kerja]
(+) S+ Verb 2 + O/C
(-) S+ did + not + verb 1 + O/ C
(?) Did+S+Verb 1 + O/C?
Exp.
(+) Fred met his friends two days ago
(-) Fred did not meet his friends two days ago
(?) Did Fred meet his friends two days ago?
2. Rumus kalimat nominal
- Kalimat nominal terdiri dari kopula dengan diikuti dengan noun (kata benda)/ adjective (kata sifat)/adverb (keterangan).
(+) S+was/were+ adj/noun/PP
(-) S+was/were+ not + adj/noun/PP
(?) Was/were+S+ adj/noun/PP
Exp.
(+) He was sick yesterday
(-) He was not sick yesterday
(?) Was he sick yesterday?
Add. Information :
Tobe "was" digunakan untuk subject "I, he, she, it dan kata benda tunggal."
Tobe "were" digunakan untuk subject "you, we, they dan kata benda jamak."
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Simple Past
Details
Grade : VIII
Subject : English
Category : Sentence Structure
Categorization : 8.5.9
Keywords : Simple past, Preterite