Thursday, May 9, 2013

ENGLISH GRAMMAR - SIMPLE PAST TENSE


1.   The Form Of Simple Past Tense:
(+)
They/We/I/You
He/She/It
wrote
a letter
last week



S
V2
O
time signal



(-)
They/We/I/You
He/She/It
did not
write
a letter
last week


S
did + not
V1
O
time signal


(?)
Did
They/We/I/You
He/She/It
write
a letter
last week
?

Did
S
V1
O
time signal
?
      *note:
•   Kata kerja bentuk dua (verb 2) dibagi menjadi dua, yaitu:
     a. regular verb (-ed)
     b. irregular verb
•   Time signal yang menandai simple present tense:
yesterday
last…(week,month,year)
this…(morning)
An hour ago
Two hours ago
……..ago
In 1978 = pada th 1978
The day before yesterday= kemarin dulu/ lusa
On Sunday
2.   Function
             To show an action or event completed in the past              
·      She visited her parents yesterday.
·      I saw a movie yesterday.
Exercise!
A.  Change the verbs in the following sentence into the right form!
1.  My brother __________(see) an accident  an hour ago.
2..  Alex __________(not, work) last weekend.
3.  __________(do/did) Mike visit his grandmother last night?
4.  My grandfather __________(die) last year.
5.  Yesterday, I __________(go) to the restaurant with a client.
B.  Change the sentences in part A into negative (number 1, 4, and 5) and interrogative form (number 4 and 5)!
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