→ Simple past tense is used to talk about actions
that happened at a specific time the past.
→ Simple past tense from of the verb is a simple way
to show that an event never happened
and it
has been customary in the past
1.
Formula
simple past tense verbal:
(
+ ) Subject + verb 2 + object
(
- ) Subject + auxiliary verb ( did ) + not + verb 1 +
object
(
? ) Auxiliary verb ( did ) + subject + verb 1 + object?
Examples:
(
+ ) I visited grandmother yesterday
(
- ) I did not visit grandmother yesterday
(
? ) Did I visit grandmother yesterday?
2.
Formula
simple past tense nominal:
( + ) Subject + tobe (was, were) +
adjective / noun / adverb
(
- ) Subject + tobe ( was, were) + not + adjective / noun / adverb
( ? ) Tobe (was, were) + subject +
adjective / noun / adverb?
Examples:
( + ) Tasya was a captaein of the
day in my class yesterday
( - ) Tasya was not a captaein of
the day in my class yesterday
( ? ) Was tasya a captaein of the
day in my class yesterday?
by: meycin permatasari
