📘 Time Expressions in Simple Past Tense

(Keterangan Waktu dalam Simple Past Tense)

🌟 Introduction

Simple Past Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sudah selesai di masa lampau.

Agar kalimatnya jelas, kita biasanya menambahkan time expressions (keterangan waktu) yang menunjukkan bahwa peristiwa itu terjadi di masa lalu.

Contoh:

• Arif planted trees last week.

• He talked to the village leader yesterday.

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🕒 Common Time Expressions in Simple Past

Berikut keterangan waktu yang sering digunakan:

1️⃣ Yesterday (Kemarin)

• I visited my grandmother yesterday.

• Arif saw the problem yesterday.

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2️⃣ Last + Time

Digunakan untuk waktu yang sudah lewat.

Expression	Meaning
last night	tadi malam
last week	minggu lalu
last month	bulan lalu
last year	tahun lalu

Contoh:

• The villagers planted trees last week.

• We had a meeting last night.

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3️⃣ … Ago (yang lalu)

Digunakan untuk menyatakan berapa lama waktu yang lalu.

Expression	Meaning
two days ago	dua hari lalu
a week ago	seminggu lalu
a year ago	setahun lalu

Contoh:

• Arif talked to the leader two days ago.

• They started the program a month ago.

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4️⃣ In + Past Year

Digunakan untuk menyebutkan tahun tertentu.

Contoh:

• The program started in 2023.

• He moved to the village in 2020.

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5️⃣ Once upon a time

Biasanya digunakan dalam narrative text (cerita).

Contoh:

• Once upon a time, there was a brave boy.

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📝 Position in the Sentence

Biasanya keterangan waktu diletakkan:

🔹 Di akhir kalimat (paling umum)

• Arif planted trees last week.

🔹 Di awal kalimat (untuk penekanan)

• Yesterday, Arif planted trees.

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⚠ Important Note

Jika sudah ada keterangan waktu lampau (yesterday, last week, ago, dll.), maka verb harus menggunakan Verb 2.

❌ Arif plant trees yesterday.
✅ Arif planted trees yesterday.

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📝 Practice Exercise

Choose the correct answer!

1. Arif visited the forest _____ .
A. tomorrow
B. next week
C. yesterday
D. now

2. They planted trees _____ .
A. two days ago
B. next year
C. every day
D. tonight

3. We had a meeting _____ night.
A. next
B. last
C. tomorrow
D. this

4. The program started _____ 2022.
A. at
B. on
C. in
D. to

5. _____, there was a beautiful forest in the village.
A. Tomorrow
B. Next week
C. Once upon a time
D. Every day