Learn English Love Indonesia: Belajar Simple Past Yuk!!!!

Halo, murid - murid!Harapannya kalian tidak bingung ya dengan penjelasan tentang Simple Present dan Present Continuous kemarin. Nah, sekarang kita akan lihat sebuah tenses yang cukup berbeda dari dua tenses yang lalu. Namanya Simple Past. Jangan Pusing dulu lho ya!!! Kalau Simple Present ama Present Continuous itu untuk aspek masa sekarang / Present, kalo Simple Past buat aspek masa lalu. Emang di Bahasa Indonesia mo ngomong sekarang apa lalu ya sama aja ya, tapi nggak dengan Bahasa Inggris. Nah simak aja penjelasan lanjutannya disini.

Dalam Bahasa Inggris, Simple past di bentuk dengan pola sebagai berikut.

S + V2 + O (Kalimat Positif)

S + did not + V1 + O ( Kalimat Negatif)

Did + S + V1 + O ( Kalimat Pertanyaan)

Ini yang agak susah, tapi jangan menyerah ya. Dalam Bahasa Inggris Kata kerja bentuk kedua ada yang regular (beraturan) ada yang Irregular (Tidak beraturan). Yang regular mudah, hanya menambahkan " d / ed" saja setelah kata kerja pertama.

Misalnya Kata kerja pertamanya WORK, maka bentuk keduanya adalah WORKED.

Masalahnya adalah yang Irregular. Ini harus dihafalkan karena tidak mempunyai pola yang pasti. Misalnya Kata kerja bentuk pertamanya adalah GO, kata ini mempunyai bentuk kedua WENT. Untuk itu, pak guru nanti akan buat halaman baru di blog ini tentang Irreguler verbs ini. Nanti dilihat dan dihafalkan ya. Nah sekarang kita lihat ya penggunaannya dalam kalimat. Simak aja penjelasan berikut.
1 Completed Action in the Past

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

Examples:

I saw a movie yesterday.
I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
Did you have dinner last night?
She washed her car.
He didn't wash his car.

USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions

We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.

Examples:

I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?

The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.

Examples:

I lived in Brazil for two years.
Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
They sat at the beach all day.
They did not stay at the party the entire time.
We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
A: How long did you wait for them?
B: We waited for one hour.

USE 3 Duration in Past

Examples:

I lived in Brazil for two years.
Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
They sat at the beach all day.
They did not stay at the party the entire time.
We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
A: How long did you wait for them?
B: We waited for one hour.

USE 4 Habits in the Past

The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.

Examples: