PAST TENSE

Kapan kita gunakan Pas tense?
1. Segala sesuatu yang terjadi DAHULU.....DULU dan sekarang sudah tidak terjadi lagi.
Contoh:
• 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.
2. Suatu jangka waktu tertentu di masa lalu
Contoh:
• I lived in Jakartal for two years.
• Sinta studied English 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.
3. Kebiasaan-kebiasaan di masa lalu
Contoh:
• I studied English when I was a child.
• He played the violin. (sekarang tidak lagi)
• He didn't play the piano.
• Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
• She worked at the movie theater after school.
• They never went to school, they always skipped class.
4. Hal-hal yang dianggap umum di masa lampau, tetapi sekarang sudah tidak seperti yang dimaksud
Contoh:
• She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing.
• He didn't like tomatoes before.
• Did you live in Texas when you were a kid?
• People paid much more to make cell phone calls in the past.
Bagai mana membentuk Kalimat lampau (Pas tense)?
Ok, lanjut saja.....

Perubahan tense , selalu disertai perubahan pada PREDIKATNYA

Pada PAST TENSE , terjadi perubahan pada Predikat yaitu KATA KERJA / VERB dan atau KATA KERJA BANTU / Auxilliary verb

Misal

Bentuk present tense :

Julian buys the newspaper everyday

Bentuk past tense

Julian bought the newspaper yesterday

Terjadi perubahan dari buys menjadi bought , buys adalah bentuk 1 , sedangkan bought adalah bentuk kedua (pelajari daftar regular dan irregular verb)

Misal 2

Bentuk present tense :

Julian is a student

bentuk past tense :

Julian was a student twenty years ago

ket : AM = WAS , IS = WAS , ARE = WERE

peraturan penggunaan sama dengan present tense, hanya kita harus perhatikan perubahan bentuknya. Kuncinya adalah penguasaan kata kerja serta perubahannya.

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