Berikutnya adalah kita akan bahas tentang Past Tenses.
B. PAST TENSES
Past Tenses yaitu tenses yang aktifitasnya terjadi dimasa lalu dan tidak ada hubungannya dengan
masa sekarang atau masa yang akan datang.Tenses ini memiliki 4 tenses, diantaranya adalah Simple
Past Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Perfect Tense, dan Past Perfect Continuous Tense. Baiklah
sekarang kita bahas tensesnya satu persatu.
Simple past tense digunakan untuk:
1). Menyatakan bahwa suatu aktifitas atau kegiatan dimulai dan diiakhiri di waktu tertentu di masa lalu.
Untuk lebih jelasnya, perhatikan contoh yang ada di bawah ini:
Pola Kalimat:
Kalimat verbal:
(+) Subject + V2 + Object/Complement
Mr. Roheli bought a new car three days ago.
(-) Subject + did + not + V1 + Object/Complement
Mr. Roheli didn't buy a new car three days ago.
(?) Did + S + V1 + Object/Complement.
Did Mr. Roheli buy a new car three days ago?
Yes, he did - No, he didn't
Kalimat Nominal:
(+) Subject + was/were + Complement
He was late this morning.
(-) Subject + was/were + not + Complement
He wasn't late this morning.
(?) Was/were + S + Complement
Was he late this morning?
Yes, he was - no, he wasn' t
2). Jika dalam sebuah kalimat terdapat kata 'when' dan memiliki simple past pada dua klausa, maka pola 'when +clause' yang kejadiannya lebih dulu.
Perhatikan contoh di bawah ini:
Pola Kalimat:
Kalimat verbal:
(+) Subject + V2 + Object/Complement
I stood under a tree when it began to rain.
(-) Subject + did + not + V1 + Object/Complement
I didn't stand under a tree when it began to rain.
(?) Did + S + V1 + Object/Complement.
Did you stand under a tree when it began to rain?
Yes, i did - no, I didn't
Kalimat Nominal:
(+) Subject + was/were + Complement
When he was late this morning, he was very shy.
(-) Subject + was/were + not + Complement
When he was late this morning, he wasn't very shy.
(?) Was/were + S + Complement
When he was late this morning, was he very shy?
Yes, he was - no, he wasn' t
Untuk menyempurnakan memahami tense 'Simple Past Tense' ini, kita juga dituntut harus menghafal atau mengingat keterangan waktu yang sering muncul pada tense ini. Berikut adalah diantaranya:
- Yesterday
- This morning
- The day before yesterday
- Last week
- Last month
- Last year
- Last summer/winter/spring/autumn
- Last night
- Last vacation
- Las January/February/etc
- Last Sunday/Monday/etc
- Two days ago
- Five months ago
- An hour ago
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