SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Simple Past Tense adalah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian atau aktivitas yang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau.

VERBAL SENTENCE

+	Mother went to market. S + V2
-	Mother did not go to market. S + DID + NOT + V1
+?	Did mother go to market? DID + S + V1
-?	Didn’t mother go to market? DIDN’T + S + V1 Did mother not go to market? DID + S + NOT + V1
AS+WH?	Who went to market? QW + V2
AS-WH?	Who didn’t go to market? QW + DIDN’T + V1
AOPC+WH?	Where did mother go to? QW + DID + S + V1
AOPC-WH?	Where didn’t mother go to? QW + DIDN’T + S + V1 Where did mother not go to? QW + DID + S + NOT + V1

NOMINAL SENTENCE

+	Arnold was in his room. S + WAS/WERE + ……
-	They were not at home. S + WAS/WERE + NOT + ……
+?	Was Arnold in his room? WAS/WERE + S + ……
-?	Weren’t they at home? WASN’T/WEREN’T + S + …… Were they not at home? WAS/WERE + S + NOT + ……
AS+WH?	Who was in his room? QW + WAS/WERE + ……
AS-WH?	Who wasn’t in the room? QW + WASN’T/WEREN’T + ……
AOPC+WH?	When was Arnold in his room? QW + WAS/WERE + S + ……
AOPC-WH?	When weren’t they in the room? QW + WASN’T/WEREN’T + S + …… When were they not in the room? QW + WAS/WERE + S + NOT ……

ADVERB yang digunakan:

• Yesterday 
• Last … 
• … ago 
• This morning
•  Just now 
• Etc.

Keterangan:

+	Positive Statement/Kalimat Pernyataan Positif
-	Negative Statement/Kalimat Pernyataan Negatif
+?	Positive – Interrogative – Yes/No Question
-?	Negative – Interrogative – Yes/No Question
AS+WH?	Asking Subject – Positive – Information Question
AS-WH?	Asking Subject – Negative – Information Question
AOPC+WH?	Asking Object/Predicate/Complement – Positive – Information Question
AOPC-WH?	Asking Object/Predicate/Complement – Negative – Information Question

Ref: 

Iksanudin. 2011. The Pattern of the Verb Tenses: ACTIVE VOICE.

Ambarini, Yuke Hilma. 2007. Ringkasan dan bank Soal Bahasa Inggris untuk SMP/MTs. Bandung: Yrama Widya.