How do we use the Simple Past Tense?

We use the simple past tense to talk about an action or a situation - an event - in the past. The event can be short or long.Here are some short events with the simple past tense:The car exploded at 9.30am yesterday.She went to the door.We did not hear the telephone.Did you see that car?past present future The action is in the past. Here are some long events with the simple past tense:I lived in Bangkok for 10 years.The Jurassic period lasted about 62 million years.We did not sing at the concert.Did you watch TV last night?past present futureThe action is in the past. Notice that it does not matter how long ago the event is: it can be a few minutes or seconds in the past, or millions of years in the past. Also it does not matter how long...

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Simple Present Tense

I singHow do we make the Simple Present Tense?subject + auxiliary verb + main verb do baseThere are three important exceptions: 1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary. 2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary. 3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.Look at these examples with the main verb like:subject auxiliary verb main verb+ I, you, we, they like coffee.He, she, it likes coffee.- I, you, we, they do not like coffee.He, she, it does not like coffee.? Do I, you, we, they like coffee?Does he, she, it like coffee?Look at these examples with the main verb be. Notice that there is no auxiliary:subject main...

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RUMUS 16 TENSES

Kata KerjaKata Kerja adalah bagian inti dari Tenses Bahasa Inggris. Kata kerja atau Verb pada rumus-rumus Tenses di blog ini, Kata kerja atau Verb ini sering saya singkat V saja. Jadi kalau V+ing artinya sama dengan Verb+ing, sering juga saya tulis sebagai “Ving” saja agar mudah.Kata kerja dalam bahasa Inggris ada banyak bentuknya: V1, V2, V3, Ving.Kata Kerja bentuk 1 atau saya singkat V1, yaitu kata kerja dasar, seperti: drink, go, write, read, participate, learn, study, dan sebagainya. Ada kata kerja bentuk ke 2, sering saya singkat V2. Kata kerja bentuk 3 ya V3. Serta Kata Kerja bentuk ING atau saya singkat Ving. Bagaimana cara menggunakan bentuk-bentuk kata kerja tersebut? Ada di masing-masing pelajaran Tenses Bahasa Inggris.Perubahan Bentuk...

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