SIMPLE PAST TENSE Simple past tense is used to denote an event happened in the past time.

1. SIMPLE PAST TENSE • Simple past tense is used to denote an event happened in the past time. • The words transformed into past form are: • Verb (katakerja) • Auxiliary (modal) • To be • For example: • I decidedto go to BKB yesterday (Positive sentence) • I didn’tdecide to go to BKB (Negative sentence) • Did I decide to go to BKB? (Interrogative sentence) • Didn’t I decide to go to BKB? (Negative-Interrogative) • I could go to BKB yesterday (Positive sentence) • I could not go to BKB yesterday (Negative sentence) • Could I go to BKB yesterday? (Interrogative sentence) • Couldn’t I go to BKB yesterday? (Negative-Interrogative) • I was in BKB yesterday (Positive sentence) • I wasn’t in BKB yesterday (Negative sentence) • Was I in BKB yesterday? (Interrogative sentence) • Wasn’t I in BKB yesterday? (Negative-interrogative)

2. Irregular Verbs be - was/were - been become – became – become begin – began – begun break – broke – broken bring – brought – brought build – built – built buy – bought – bought catch – caught – caught choose – chose – chosen come – came – come do – did – done draw – drew – drawn eat – ate – eaten feel – felt – felt fight – fought – fought find – found – found fly – flew – flown forget – forgot – forgotten get – got – got give – gave – given go – went – gone have – had – had hear – heard – heard hit – hit – hit know – knew – known learn - learnt/learned – learnt/learned leave – left – left lose – lost – lost make – made - made meet – met – met pay – paid – paid read – read – read ride – rode – ridden run – ran – run say – said – said sell – sold – sold send – sent – sent shut – shut – shut sing – sang – sung sit – sat – sat sleep – slept – slept smell – smelt/smelled – smelt/smelledspeak – spoke – spoken stand – stood – stood swim – swam – swum take – took – taken teach – taught – taught tell – told – told think – thought – thought understand – understood – understood wear – wore – worn win – won – won write – wrote – written