Past Simple & Past

Continuous

KD 6.1 WRITING RECOUNT GRADE X/Sem. 1

By Sugeng Makmur
SMAN 2 Surabaya

WRITING RECOUNT CLASS X/ Sem 1

LEARNING INDICATOR :
1. Identify sentences in Past Tense.
2. Find out the patterns of Simple Past .
3. Write sentences in Past Simple
4. Find out the patterns of Past Continuous
5. Write sentences in Past Continuous
6. Write a Recount Text using Past simple and Past
Continuous

Function : To express activities

happened / finished in
past time.

Pattern :
(+) S + V.2 + ( O / C / adv. )
1. I went to Bali last month.
2. Rio played football yesterday.

(-)

S + did not + V.1 + ( O / C / adv. )

1. I did not go to Bali last month.
2. Rio didnt play football yesterday.

the

(?)

Did + S + V.1 + ( O / C / adv. ) + ?

1. Did you go to Bali last month ? = Yes, I did
2. Did Rio play football yesterday ? = No, he didnt

(Wh?) Wh + did + S + V.1 + . . . . . . . ?

1. Where did you go last month ? = Bali
2. What did Rio play yesterday ? = Football
3. ( Who played football yesterday ? ) = Rio
V.2
Asking subject
Without auxiliary did

Simple Past With to be

(+)

were )

( was /

S + was/were + ( noun / adjective /

adverb )
1. He was a football player. ( noun)
2. I

was sick yesterday. (adjective)

3. They were in Jakarta last week. (adverb of place)

(-)

S + was/were + not + ( noun / adjective /

adverb )
1. He
was not
a doctor.
2. I

wasnt

3. They were not

sick yesterday.
in Jakarta last week.

(?)

(wh?)

Was/Were + S + N / Adj / adv +

?
1. Was
he
a doctor ?
2. Were

you

sick yesterday ?

3. Were

they in Jakarta last week ?

Wh. + Was/Were + S + N / Adj / adv + ?

1. Where
2. Who

were
was

you last night?

sick

yesterday ?

Asking subject / without Subject

1. Why were

you there ?

1. When he (be) ....... a little boy,

he (not-live) ................ with his
parrents.
2. His father (take) ........... him to
Bali, and he (stay) .......... there
with his uncle.
3. You ( see ?) ......................... her
when you (be) ........ in the party
yesterday?
4. What you

6. He (become) ....... my best friend

after we (be) ......... in Junior High
School.
7. What you (feel) ....................
when you firstly (meet) .......... him
a year ago?
8. When I (try-visit) ................... her
last night, she (not-be) ............. at
home.
9. She (smile ?) ..........................
when you (call) ........ her name
just now?

B
Function : to express an activity in progress
at certain time in the past.
Pattern :

(+) S + was/were + V.ing + ( O / C /

adv. )
1. He

was sleeping at 2 p.m yeterday.

2. She was cooking when I called yesterday.

3. We were waiting for you while you were fishing in
the pond.

(-)

S + was/were + not +
V.ing . . . . . .
1. He

was not sleeping at 2 p.m yeterday.

2. We

were not

waiting for you while you . . . . . . . . .

(?)

Was/Were + S +
V.ing . . . . . ?

1. Was He sleeping at 2 p.m yeterday ?

= Yes, he was
2. Were you waiting for me while I was going out last
night ? = No, we were not

(Wh?) Wh + was/were + S + V.ing . . . . .

. ?

1. What was she doing at 2 pm yesterday ?

2. Where were you going when I saw you last night ?
3. Who was singing while I was sleeping ?

Past SIMPLE

&

Past CONTINUOUS

Task 1 :
Mrs. Handoko wanted to join the birth control. Yesterday, she
went to a community health centre. When she arrived there, the
doctor was examining a patient. There were some patients
waiting for their turn. While Mrs. Handoko was waiting her turn,
her husband came to pick her up. After the doctor finished
examining her, Mr. and Mrs. Handoko went home together.

Patterrn

1 (when) + S + V.2 . . . . . . ., S + was / were + V.ing

2
When

knocked at the door, she was sleeping.

(while) + S + was/were + V.ing , S2 + V.2 / (was/were V.ing)

While she was doing the homework, her brother was

watching TV.
3

S + was/were + V.ing + When + S + V.2

We were playing when the teacher came.

He was studying when I called him.

EXERCISE

: Past Tense

A. Put the verbs in brackets into the right forms!

1. We (take) our bags yesterday.
2. Aci (visit) Usman this morning.
3. They (be) in the zoo last week.
4. I (see) Umar an hour ago.
5. The lecture (not finish) at twelve
oclock
B. Put the verbs in brackets into the right forms!
6. The car (be) empty, but the engine (run).
7. When I first (meet) him, he (study) painting.
8. Who you (talk) to on the telephone as I (come) in?
9. He suddenly (realize) that he (travel) in the wrong
direction
10. While he (repair) his roof he (have) a bad fall.

1. The children (be) ..... frightened

because it (get) ................. dark.
2. He usually wears sandals but when I
last (see) ....... him, he (wear) ..............
thick boots.
3. The car (be) ...... empty, but the
engine (run) ................... .
4. I (be) ...... alone in the house last
night because my dad
(attend) ................ a meeting and my
mum (visit) ................. grandma.
5. Who you (talk) ............................ to

6. I (not-want) .................. to meet Paul,

so as he (enter) ............. the room, I
(leave) .................. .
7. You (see) ........................ Maria while
you (join) ............... the English class?
8. We suddenly (realize) ...................
that we (travel) .................... in the
wrong direction.
9. I (do) ................ my homework when
the light (go) ...... out so I
(have) .......... to finish it in the dark.
10. While the teacher
(explain) .............................. the
lesson, the lazy boys

A. Study the sentences below and

find the patterns!
1. Iwan had studied hard before he
did the test.
2. When I called Rina last night, she
had gone to sleep.
3. Bill had been working on the
problem for two hours when Jack
called him up and asked him if he
had solved it.

B. Complete the patterns !

1. Past Perfect and Past Simple :
a. Jack asked if he had solved
the problem.
S + asked if +
S + ....
+ ........ +
O
b. When Jack called he hadnt
solved it.
When + S + ... , S
+
....... + ........
2. Past Perfect Continuous and

C. Complete the patterns !

Past Perfect Simple and Past
Simple/continuous
a. Iwan had studied hard before
he did the test.
= S + ........ + before + .... +
.......... + O
b. When I called Rina last night,
she had gone to
sleep.
= When + S + ...... ,
S +
.......

1). He (park) ............ his car under a No

Parking sign and (rush) ............. into the
shop. When he (come) ........... out of the
shop ten minutes later the car (be) .............
no longer there. He (wonder) ................. if
someone (steal) ................... it or if the
police (drive) .................. it away.
2). A woman (come) ................ in with a baby,
She (say) ............ that her baby (justswallow) ......................... a safety pin.

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