Rabu, 31 Oktober 2012

SIMPLE PAST TENSE


Simple past is used for describing acts that have already been concluded and whose exact time of occurrence is known. Furthermore, simple past is used for retelling successive events. That is why it is commonly used in storytelling
*Simple Past tense adalah di gunakan untuk kembali menceritakan kejadian masa lalu atau masa lampau*

Simple Past Tense is a kind of tense which is used to describe an event or action that happened already in a certain time in the past
The pattern :
(+) Subject + verb II + complement
(-) Subject + did not + verb II + complement
(?) Did + subject + verb I

Example :
( + ) i went to library yesterday
( - ) i didn’t go to library yesterday
( ? ) did i go to library yesterday
                                Yes, i did
                                No, i didn’t

Adverbs used : yesterday, last night, last week, two days ago, a few minutes ago, last weekend, last month, last year, in 1984, etc.

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