Simple Past Tense adalah bentuk waktu yang menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang terjadi di masa lampau dan tidak ada hubungannya sama sekali dengan masa sekarang.
A. Bentuk Kalimat
Kalimat Nominal
Positive
| Subject | Was/were | complement |
| you/we/they | were | complement |
| I/she/he/it | was | complement |
Contoh :
- I was here at 07.35 pm last night ( saya berada disini pukul07.35 semalam)
- We were the good dancer in 2009`s (kami penari yang bagus tahun 2009-an(waktu itu/dulu)
Negative
| Subject | Was/were not | complement |
| you/we/they | were not | complement |
| I/she/he/it | was not | complement |
Contoh :
- I was not here at 07.35 pm last night
- We were not good dancers in 2009`s
Yes – no question
| Was/were | Subject | Complement? |
| were | you/we/they | Complement? |
| was | I/she/he/it | Complement? |
Contoh :
- was She here at 07.35 pm last night?
- were we the good dancers in 2009`s ?
WH–word Question/questionword(Qw)
| Question word/Qw | was/were | Subject | Complement? |
| Question word/Qw | were | you/we/they | Complement? |
| Question word/Qw | was | I/she/he/it | Complement? |
- Where were you at 07.35 pm last night?
- what was at the window yesterday?
Keterangan:
- was digunakan untuk I,she,he,it ( orang ketiga tungal)
- were digunakan untuk they,we,you
Kalimat Verbal
Positive
| Subject | verb2 | object/adverb |
| I/you/we/they/she/he/it | verb2 | object/adverb |
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