THE PAST TENSE

Nama          :  Mita Susilowati                    Kelas         : 1EA23

Npm           : 14216431                              Date           : 13-04-2017

                                     

                                                                  

THE PAST TENSE

A.    Simple Past Tense (S + V2 + O)

1.      My mother went to Bandung yesterday.

2.      Last week my mother bought a new shoes.

3.      Ida got a letter from her boy friend this night.

4.      My little sister woke up late this morning.

5.      The ant bit the girl last Sunday.

6.      Flowers grew well in this garden last year.

7.      They left early the day before yesterday.

8.      My mother tore her dress yesterday.

9.      She drank too much ice juice last afternoon.

10.  The thief stole our TV last month.

B.     The Past Continous Tense  (S + was/were + verb ing + O)

1.      I was sleeping when the car crashed my home last night.

2.      She was reading a book while the library was closed.

3.      You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven.

4.      My mother was cooking in the kitchen when the fire broke out.

5.      What was he doing when I called him up ?

6.      The music stopped when the dancers were dancing on the stage.

7.      When I saw her, she was smoking a cigarette.

8.      Maudy and Ayunda were singing together in a TV show at 9 o’clock last night.

9.      We were having our meals when suddenly the lamp went out.

10.  The rain was pouring heavy when I arrived at home this night.

C.    The Past Perfect Tense (S + had + V3 + O)

1.      I had locked the door before I left my home.

2.      The truck had crashed a boy before it finally stopped.

3.      I was late, The train had left.

4.      My father had booked the hotel before we were there yesterday.

5.      She had studied English for more than one year before she went to New Zaeland.

6.      I knew it was Nathan who had taken the money.

7.      Ali went home after he had finished his work.

8.      Had you been there before I came ?

9.      The patient had died when the doctor arrived.

10.  Father said that he had seen accident himself.

D.    The Past Perfect Continous  Tense (S + Had been + Verb ing +O )

1.      When you telephoned her this morning, she had been writing some letter.

2.      By the time the teacher came, the students had been reading a half part of the next.

3.      When I entered her room, she had been playing the guitar for 15 minutes.

4.      She had been studying the whole week before She went  in  for the test.

5.      My mother had been workng in the kitchen for half an hour when I came home yesterday afternoon.

6.      She had been satnding in front of the door for 20 minutes before it was opened.

7.      He was annoyed since He had been waiting for 2 hours on the bus  station.

8.      When the war broke out we had been living in this town for about 5 minutes.

9.      My father had been reading the magazine , when I knowed at the door.

10.   Before he went to Singapore He had been studying English for 6 mounth.