PAST TENSE

In this occasion I'd like to share about past tense. Past tense is a kind of tense to talk about an action or a situation - an event in the past time. Past tense function are :

1. Express that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Example : We visited Kartini Museum last holiday.
2. Describe a habit which stopped in the past ( we often add expressions such as; always often, never, etc to make it clear that we are talking about habit ). Example : I always saw a night fare when I was child.
3. Describe the past facts or generalization which are no longer true. Example : Grandfather didn't like coffee before.

 The adverbs that are usually used in the past tense sentence are :

• Yesterday
• Last . . . . .
• A week ago
• This morning
• Last week
• . . . . ago
• A few minutes ago
• Just now, etc

A. Positive form

    S + to be (was, were) + Object/complement

    S + V2 + Object/complement

Note :

Subject (he, she, it, I) = to be (was)

Subject (we, they, you) = to be (were)

Examples :

She came here yesterday ( regular verbs )

I saw a good film last night ( irregular verbs )

The other guests were very surprised ( to be )

B. Negative form

    S + to be (was, were) + not + Object/complement

    S + did + not + V1 + Object/complement

Examples :

He did not know the matters

She was not here

C. Interrogative form

    Was/Were + S + Object/complement + ?

    Did + S + V1 + Object/complement + ?

Examples :

Were we busy last weekend ?

Did they come to Harry's house ?

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