a. Nominal Sentence
Positive
S + be (was, were) + Complement (Adjective, Noun, Adverb) + Adverb of Time.
Example:
1) I was a student last year.
2) You were smart two years ago.
3) She was in the laboratory last Tuesday.
4) Galang was under the tree yesterday afternoon.
Negative
S + be (was, were) + not + Complement (Adjective, Noun, Adverb).
Example:
1) I was not a student last year.
2) You were not smart two years ago.
3) She was in the laboratory last Tuesday.
4) Galang was not under the tree yesterday afternoon.
Note:
was not : wasn’t
were not : weren’t
Interrogative
Be (was, were) + S + Complement (Adjective, Noun, Adverb) + ?
Example:
1) Was I a student last year?
2) Were you smart two years ago?
3) Was she in the laboratory last Tuesday?
4) Was Galang under the tree yesterday afternoon?
Negative Interrogative
Be (was, were) + S + not + Complement (Adjective, Noun, Adverb) + ?
Example:
1) Was I not a student last year?
2) Were you not smart two years ago?
3) Was she not in the laboratory last Tuesday?
4) Was Galang not under the tree yesterday afternoon?
Note:
Was I not …. : Wasn’t I ….
Were you not …. : Weren’t you ….
WH-Questions
1) What was I last year?
2) How were you two years ago?
3) Where was she last Tuesday?
4) Where was Galang yesterday afternoon?
b. Verbal Sentence
Positive
S + V2 (Verb Past) + O + Adverb of Time.
Example:
1) We went to Solo last week.
2) They played badminton last night.
3) He swept the floor yesterday evening.
4) Gilang repaired the computer last month.
Negative
S + did not + V1 (Verb Infinitive) + O + Adverb of Time.
Example:
1) We did not go to Solo last week.
2) They did not play badminton last night.
3) He did not sweep the floor yesterday evening.
4) Gilang did not repair the computer last month.
Note:
did not : didn’t
Interrogative
Did + S + Complement (Adjective, Noun, Adverb) + ?
Example:
1) Did we go to Solo last week?
2) Did they play badminton last night?
3) Did he sweep the floor yesterday evening?
4) Did Gilang repair the computer last month?
Negative Interrogative
Did + S + not + Complement (Adjective, Noun, Adverb) + ?
Example:
1) Did we not go to Solo last week?
2) Did they not play badminton last night?
3) Did he not sweep the floor yesterday evening?
4) Did Gilang not repair the computer last month?
Note:
Did we not …. : Didn’t we ….
WH-Questions
1) Where did we go last week?
2) What did they play last night?
3) What did he do yesterday morning?
4) When did Gilang repair the computer?
c. Adverb of Time
These are the adverb of time which is used in Simple Past Tense.
1) yesterday
2) yesterday morning
3) yesterday afternoon
4) yesterday evening
5) last week
6) last month
7) last year
8) two days ago
9) a week ago
10) in 1985
