Simple Past Tense and Verbal Tense

Past tense

          Simple past tense is, to declare an act / event that happened in the past / make enormous time has passed and in the know.

Nominal sentence

        (+) S+BE II+ (WAS/WERE)

        (-) S+BE II+ NOT+ (WAS/WERE)

        (?) BE II+ S + (WAS/WERE)

Example

1.     (+) I was very thirsty just now

        (-) I wasn’t very thirsty just now

        (?) Were you very thirsty just now?

                        Yes, I was/No, I wasn’t

2.     (+) I was hungry this morning

        (-) I wasn’t hungry this morning

        (?) Were you hungry this morning?

                        Yes, I was/No, I wasn’t

Verbal Sentence

        (+) S+V II

        (-) S+DID NOT+V I

        (?) DID+S+V I

Example

1.     (+) I cleaned my car on Monday

        (-) I did not clean my car on Monday

        (?) Did you clean your car on Monday?

                        Yes, I did/No, I didn’t

2.     (+) she played chess on Sunday

        (-) She did not play chess on Sunday

        (?) Did she play chess on Sunday?

                        Yes, she did/No, she didn’t

3.     (+) I cleaned my bathroom on Saturday

        (-) I did not clean my bathroom on Saturday

        (?) Did you clean your bathroom on Saturday?

                        Yes, I did/No, I didn’t

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A.        PAST FORMS

1.         SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Simple past tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang terjadi pada waktu lampau.

            Bentuk Nominal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+Tobe (was,were)+O+Adv

I was in Production House last month

–

S+Tobe+Not+O+Adv

She was not a script writer.

?

Tobe+S+O+Adv

Were you a script writer three years ago?

            Bentuk Verbal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+V2+O+Adv

 I went to Invinite Studio last year.

–

S+Did+Not+V1+O+Adv

I did not go to Invinite Studio last year.

?

Did+S+V1+O+Adv

Did you go to Invinite Studio Last year?

2.         PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu lampau ketika kejadian lain   terjadi.

            Bentuk Nominal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+Tobe (was,were)+Being+O+Adv

He was being a design character in Pixar.

–

S+Tobe+Not+O+Adv

He wasn’t being a design character in Pixar.

?

Tobe (was,were)+S+O+Adv

Was he being a design character in Pixar?

            Bentuk Verbal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+Tobe (was,were)+V-ing+O+Adv

I was drawing character at PoliMedia.

–

S+Tobe+Not+V-ing+O+Adv

I was not drawing character at PoliMedia.

?

Tobe (was,were)+S+V-ing+O+Adv

Were you modelling 3d character in my house ?

3.         PAST PERFECT TENSE

Past perfect tense digunakan untuk menerangkan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang sudah selesai dilakukan pada waktu lampau.

          

Bentuk Nominal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+Had+Been+O+Adv

They had been at Kompas GramediaStudio since morning

–

S+Had+Not+Been+O+Adv

They had not been at Kompas Gramedia Studio since morning.

?

Had+S+Been+O+Adv

Had you been at Kompas GramediaStudio since morning ?

            Bentuk Verbal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+Had+V3+O+Adv

I had left before the art director come.

–

S+Had+Not+V3+O+ADv

I hadn’t left before the art director come.

?

Had+S+S3+O+Adv

Had you left before the art director come?

4.         PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past Perfect Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang sudah dimulai pada waktu lampau dan masih berlangsung terus hingga pada waktu yang lampau pula.

            Bentuk Nominal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+Had+Been+Being+O+Adv

I had been being a modeling character since 2010

–

S+Had+Not+Been+Being+O+Adv

I had not been being a modeling character since 2010.

?

Had+S+Been+Being+O+Adv

Had you been being a Scriptwritersince 2008?

            Bentuk Verbal

Form

Pattern

Example

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S+Had+Been+V-ing+O+Adv

Also an award – winning independent film maker, his short animated film subjects had been seen in festival and retrospectives around the world

–

S+Had+Not+Been+V-ing+O+Adv

We had not been studying digital painting for 6 months

?

Had+S+Been+V-ing++O+Adv

Had we been studying digital painting for 6 months?