[JCloze] Simple Past Tense Game

“Simple Past is used to talk about an activity or situation that began and ended at a particular time in the past. (e.g.,yesterday, last night, days ago, in 1999)” – Azar, 2003
Simple Past digunakan untuk berbicara tentang suatu kegiatan atau situasi yang dimulai dan berakhir pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau. (contoh. yesterday, lastnight, days ago, in 1999)

Pada Simple Past Tense, verb atau kata kerja yang digunakan adalah verb II. Biasanya, sebagian besar adalah regular verb atau verb/kata kerja dibentuk dengan menambahkan akhiran -ed pada verb/kata kerja.
contoh:
• She played badminton yesterday.
• We studied English lastweek.
Atau beberapa verbs yang digunakan diantara nya adalah irregular verbs (kata kerja tidak beraturan)
contoh:
• I ate breakfast this morning.
• Jhonny took my book lastnight.
Rumus dan Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
  Rumus Contoh Kalimat
Statement (+) Subject (I-You-She-He-It-We-They)+Verb II + Object a. I-You-She-He-It-We-Theystudied English yesterday.

a. I-You-She-He-It-We-They did not study English yesterday.
b. I-You-She-He-It-We-They didn't go to the zoo 2 days ago.
Question (?) Did + Subject (I-You-She-He-It-We-They)+ Verb I + Object ?

a. Did I-You-She-He-It-We-Theystudy English yesterday?
b. Did I-You-She-He-It-We-Theygo to the zoo 2 days ago?
Short Answer :
Yes, Subject (I-You-She-He-It-We-They) + did
No, Subject (I-You-She-He-It-We-They) + did not (didn't)
Yes, I-You-She-He-It-We-They did
No, I-You-She-He-It-We-They did not (didn't)

Sedangkan pada verbs bentuk “to be” seperti ini:

  Rumus & Contoh Kalimat

Statement (+) Subject (I-She-He-It) + was
Subject (You-We-They) + were

a. I-She-He-It was in the class tommorow.
b. You-We-They were in the class tommorow.
Negative (-) Subject (I-She-He-It) + was not (wasn't)
Subject (You-We-They) + were not (weren't)

a. I-She-He-It was not (wasn't) in the class tommorow.
b. You-We-They were not (weren't) in the class tommorow.
Question (?) was + Subject (I-She-He-It)
were + Subject (You-We-They)

a. was I-She-He-It in the class tommorow?
b. were You-We-They in the class tommorow?
Short Answer Yes, Subject (I-She-He-It) + was
No, Subject (I-She-He-It) + was not (wasn't)

Yes, Subject (You-We-They) +were
No, Subject (You-We-They) +were not (weren't)
Yes, I-She-He-It was
No, I-She-He-It was not (wasn't)

Yes, You-We-They were
No, You-We-They were not (weren't)

Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense
1. I bought a new book at the bookstore yesterday.
2. Mr. Smith didnt come to class lastweek.
3. He watched a horror movie 3 days ago.
4. Did Ana sing my favorite songs?
5. They were soldiers in 1945.
6. We spoke English in the classroom this morning.
7. My mother cooked fried rice last night.
8. Was Bob your brother?
9. She wrote a novel last month.
10. Andi and Budi visited my house last week.

So, students... this is your turn. Let's try this game :