Simple past tense dibentuk dari verb-2 (past tense) berupa kata kerja biasa atau verb “to be”. Verb-2 merupakan bare infinitive (bentuk dasar verb) dengan tambahan -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, atau -ne untuk regular verb atau bentuk yang tidak konsisten pada irregular verb, sedangkan pada verb “to be”, verb-2 berupa was dan were.
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Was yang merupakan singular verb digunakan pada singular subject berupa singular noun(seperti: Andi, book, dan cat) dan singular pronoun (seperti: I, she, he, dan it) kecuali “you”, sebaliknya were yang merupakan plural verb digunakan pada plural subject berupa plural noun (seperti: cats, people, books), plural pronoun (seperti: you, they, we, dan cats), compound subject dengan kata hubung “and” (seperti: you and I, Andi and Susi), dan you.
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Tabel Contoh Verb-2
| S | bare infinitive | verb-2 |
|---|---|---|
| I / you / she / he / they / we / Andi / people / you and I / Andi and Susi | study | studied |
| buy | bought | |
| it | break | broke |
| I / she / he / it / Andi | be | was |
| you/ they / we / people / you and I / Andi and Susi | be | were |
Berikut rumus simple past tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif.
| Rumus Simple Past Tense | Contoh Simple Past Tense |
|---|---|
| kalimat positif (+)S + Verb-2 (past tense)S + be (was/were) | The teacher came |
| I was a stamp collector | |
| kalimat negatif (-)S + did + not + bare infinitiveS + be (was/were) + not | The teacher didn’t come |
| I wasn’t a stamp collector | |
| kalimat interogatif (?)did + S + bare infinitivebe (was/were) + S | Did the teacher come |
| Was I a stamp collector |
Eva Tia Rahayu 