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TENSES

1. PAST SIMPLE
Simple Past Tense
Simple past tense is a simple form of
the verb to indicate that an event
occurred in the past. In the simple past
tense, future events (yesterday, last
two days, last year) or the period of
time (for two months, for a day, for an
hour) can be specifically mentioned.

Dengan demikian rumussimple past tenseuntuk

kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif adalahsebagai
berikut.
Jenis Kalimat

Form

positif
(+)

S + Verb-2 (past tense)

S + be(was/were)

negatif
(-)

S + did + not + bare

infinitive
S + be(was/were) + not

interogatif
(?)

Did + S + bare infinitive

be(was/were) + S

Example
The teacher came
I was a stamp collector
The teacher didnt come
I wasnt a stamp collector
Did the teacher come
Was I a stamp collector

2. Past Continuous
Past Continuous Tense
Past continuous tense or past progressive
tense is a verb form that is used to
express that an action is happening at a
particular time in the past. The action has
been initiated but not yet completed at
the time.

rumus past continuous tense untuk kalimat

positif, negatif, dan interogatif adalahsebagai
berikut.
Jenis Kalimat

positif (+)

negatif (-)

interogatif (?)

Form

Example

S + be(was/were) +
V1-ing/
present participle

The team was running

S + be(was/were) +
not + V1-ing/present
participle

The team was not running

be(was/were) + S +
V1-ing/present
participle?

Was the team running

The workers were queuing

The workers werent queuing

Were the workers queuing

3. Past Perfect
Past Perfect Tense
Past perfect tense is a verb form that is
used to declare that an action has been
completed at some point in the past before
another action occurs. Action which has
been completed in the past it may occur
repeatedly or only once.

Dengan demikian rumus past perfect

tenseuntuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan
interogatif adalahsebagai berikut.
Kalimat

positif (+)

negatif (-)

interogatif (?)

Form Past Perfect Tense

S + had + Verb-3/past
participle

S + had + not + Verb3/past participle

had + S + Verb-3/past
participle

Example
My brother had slept
They had come
My brother hadnt slept
They hadnt come
Had my brother come
Had they come

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past perfect continuous tense is a
verb form used to express an action
(with a certain time duration) has
been completed at a given point in
time in the past.

Dengan demikian rumus pastperfect continuous

tenseuntuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif
adalahsebagai berikut.
Jenis Kalimat

Form

Example
Lia had been walking

positif
(+)

S + had + been + V1ing/present participle

The labors had been demonstrating

Lia had not been walking

negatif
(-)

S + had + not + been + V1ing/present participle

The labors hadnt been demostrating

Had Lia been walking

interogatif
(?)

had + S + been + V1ing/present participle

Had the labors been demonstrating