✅ Past Simple Tense
(Bentuk Lampau Sederhana)
📌 Pengertian
Past Simple Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan:
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Kejadian atau kegiatan yang sudah terjadi di masa lalu, dan
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Sudah selesai dilakukan.
Biasanya disertai keterangan waktu lampau seperti:
👉 yesterday, last week, two days ago, in 2020, when I was a child, dll.
🧩 Ciri-Ciri Kalimat Past Simple
✔ Menunjukkan kejadian yang sudah berlalu
✔ Menggunakan Verb 2 (kata kerja bentuk kedua)
✔ Menggunakan was/were untuk kalimat tanpa kata kerja utama (non-verbal)
✔ Sering diikuti oleh keterangan waktu lampau
🧠 Rumus dan Contoh Kalimat
🔹 1. Kalimat Verbal (ada kata kerja)
| Bentuk | Rumus | Contoh |
|---|---|---|
| (+) Positif | Subject + Verb 2 + Object | I went to school yesterday. |
| (-) Negatif | Subject + didn’t + Verb 1 + Object | I didn't go to school yesterday. |
| (?) Tanya | Did + Subject + Verb 1 + Object? | Did you go to school yesterday? |
| (?) WH-Question | WH + did + Subject + Verb 1? | Where did you go yesterday? |
🔍 Catatan Penting:
Gunakan Verb 2 dalam kalimat positif
Setelah did atau didn’t, gunakan Verb 1
🔹 2. Kalimat Nominal (tanpa kata kerja utama)
| Bentuk | Rumus | Contoh |
|---|---|---|
| (+) Positif | Subject + was/were + Complement | She was at home last night. |
| (-) Negatif | Subject + was/were + not + Complement | She wasn’t at home last night. |
| (?) Tanya | Was/Were + Subject + Complement? | Was she at home last night? |
| (?) WH-Question | WH + was/were + Subject + Complement? | Where was she last night? |
✅ Gunakan was untuk: I, He, She, It
✅ Gunakan were untuk: You, We, They
✨ Penggunaan Past Simple Tense
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Menceritakan kejadian di masa lalu
I watched a movie last night.
They visited Bali two years ago. -
Menceritakan kebiasaan di masa lalu (yang sekarang tidak dilakukan lagi)
When I was a child, I walked to school every day.
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Menceritakan kejadian berurutan di masa lalu
She entered the room, turned on the light, and sat down.
🔄 Regular dan Irregular Verbs
✅ Regular Verbs (beraturan)
Tinggal tambah -ed
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play → played
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work → worked
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clean → cleaned
❌ Irregular Verbs (tidak beraturan)
Bentuk Verb 2 tidak bisa ditebak, harus dihafalkan:
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go → went
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eat → ate
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buy → bought
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see → saw
📝 Contoh Kalimat Lengkap
➕ Kalimat Positif
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I studied English last night.
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They played football yesterday.
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She went to the market.
➖ Kalimat Negatif
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I didn't study English.
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They didn't play football.
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She didn't go to the market.
❓ Kalimat Tanya
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Did you study English?
→ Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. -
Did she go to the market?
→ Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
🕒 Keterangan Waktu yang Umum Digunakan
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yesterday
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last night / last week / last year
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two days ago
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in 2020
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when I was a child