1. Simple past tense

2. When do we use it
Simple past tense is used to express about a situation or an action occured or
happened in the past time with certain time. Look at the examples:
My friend got an accident last week.
The man purchased a car last two weeks.
I went to Semarang yesterday.
I didn’t sell my pet to her last night.
Di d you call mom this morning?

3. Regular and irregular verb
PLAY
PLAYED GO
WENT
GONE
PUSH
PUSHED
EAT
ATE
EATEN
PULL
PULLED
RUN
RAN
LIVE
LIVED
SING
SANG
SUNG
MOVE
MOVED
SEE
SAW
SEEN
WALK
WALKED
MEET
MET
START
STARTED
BEGIN
BEGAN
BEGUN
FINISH
FINISHED
BUY
BOUGHT

4. ADVERB OF TIME YESTERDAY LAST NIGHT LAST TWO DAYS LAST WEEK LAST MONTH
LAST YEAR
TWO MONTH AGO
THREE DAYS AGO
AN HOUR AGO
THIS MORNING
THIS AFTERNOON
IN 1991
LAST JANUARY
LAST MARCH

5. POSITIVE SENTENCE SUBJECT VERB 2 Last month, I visited my uncle.
He bought many economic books at Gramedia yesterday.
My mother phoned me last two days.
Janu played badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon.
They ate much sugar in my house last night.

6. Negative sentence SUBJECT DID NOT (DIDN’T) VERB 1
Last month, I did not visit my uncle.
He did not buy many economic books at Gramedia yesterday.
My mother did not phone me last two days.
Janu didn’t play badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon.
They didn’t eat much sugar in my house last night.

7. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE
DID
SUBJECT
VERB 1?
Last month, did you visit your uncle?
Did he buy many economic books at Gramedia yesterday?
Did my mother phone me last two days?
Did Janu play badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon?
Did they eat much sugar in my house last night?

8. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE
WHAT
DID
SUBJECT
VERB 1?
Last month, whom did you visit?
What did he buy at Gramedia yesterday?
When did my mother phone me?
Where did Janu play badminton with his brother yesterday afternoon?
Why did they eat much sugar in my house last night?

9. Test yourselves
USE THE FOLLOWING VERBS EITHER REGULAR OR IRREGULAR TO MAKE THREE POSITIVE, THREE NEGATIVE AND THREE INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES. DO NOT USE THE SAME WORD
REGULAR VERB
IRREGULAR VERB
PLAY
PLAYED GO
WENT
GONE
PUSH
PUSHED
EAT
ATE
EATEN
PULL
PULLED
RUN
RAN
LIVE
LIVED
SING
SANG
SUNG
MOVE
MOVED
SEE
SAW
SEEN
WALK
WALKED
MEET
MET
START
STARTED
BEGIN
BEGAN
BEGUN
FINISH
FINISHED
BUY
BOUGHT