PAST TENSE

Anne went to Bali last holiday. Her father built a new cage while her mother cooked a birthday cake. But his brother stayed in her uncle’s house in Semarang.

Past tense untuk menyatakan kejadian pada waktu lampau dan tertentu waktunya

Kata keterangan yang sering dipakai :

a.     Yesterday : kemarin

b.     Last : yang lalu

c.     Last holiday : liburan yang lalu

d.     Last week : minggu lalu

e.     …ago : yang lalu

f.        3 years ago : 3 tahun yang lalu

g.     2 days ago : 2 hari yang lalu

h.      In 2003 (now 2010) : pada tahun 2003

i.         In January (now maret ) : pada januari

Pola kalimat 1 : 
(+) S + V2
(-) S + did not + V1

(?) Did + S + V1? 

Contoh:    
we went to the zoo yesterday
we did not go to the zoo yesterday
did we go to the zoo yesterday?

Pola kalimat 2 :
(+)S + was/were + noun/adj/adv
(-)S + was/were + not + noun/adj/adv
(?)Was/were + S + noun/adj/adv?

Contoh:
They were young in 1998
They were not young in 1998
Were they young in 1998?