Tidak ada hasil yang bagus tanpa latihan terus-menerus. Begitu juga dengan grammar dan tense dalam Bahasa Inggris.
Di dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris kita dituntut untuk terus berlatih. Tidak terkecuali dengan grammar. Untuk mengasah tenses, kamu bisa melakukan latihan soal. Hal ini bagus untuk mengasah kemampuan kamu. Semakin kamu sering berlatih berhadapan dengan soal-soal, kamu akan semakin peka untuk mengenali berbagai tenses dengan mudah.
Kali ini mimin mau memberikan latihan soal past tense. Tidak usah takut susah untuk menjawab pertanyaan. Di pembahasan di bawah ini, tersedia juga rumus yang bisa kamu jadikan pedoman dalam mengerjakan soal.
Simple Past Tense
Verbal
Kalimat positif: subject + verb2
Contoh: Clara watched a movie last night. (Clara menonton film tadi malam.)
Kalimat negatif: subject + did + not + verb1
Contoh: Clara did not watch a movie last night. (Clara tidak menonton film tadi malam.)
Kalimat interogatif: did + subject + verb1
Contoh: Did Clara watch a movie last night? (Apakah Clara menonton film tadi malam?)
Nominal
Kalimat positif: subject + to be (was/were) + complement
Contoh: She was a famous actress in 1990. (Dia adalah aktris terkenal pada tahun 1990.)
Kalimat negatif: subject + to be (was/were) + not + complement
Contoh: She was not a famous actress in 1990. (Dia bukan aktris terkenal pada tahun 1990.)
Kalimat interogatif: to be (was/were) + subjet + complement
Contoh: Was she a famous actress in 1990? (Apakah dia aktris terkenal pada tahun 1990?)
Adverb of time (keterangan waktu): last, ago, this morning, yesterday, in 2000
Past Continuous Tense
Verbal
Kalimat positif: subject + to be (was/were) + v-ing
Contoh: Jimmy and Rio were washing the car yesterday at 7 a.m. (Jimmy dan Rio sedang mencuci mobil kemarin jam 7 pagi.)
Kalimat negatif: subject + to be (was/were) + not + v-ing
Contoh: Jimmy and Rio were not washing the car yesterday at 7 a.m. (Jimmy dan Rio sedang tidak mencuci mobil kemarin jam 7 pagi.)
Kalimat interogatif: to be (was/were) + subject + v-ing
Contoh: Were Jimmy and Rio washing the car yesterday at 7 a.m? (Apakah Jimmy dan Rio sedang mencuci mobil kemarin jam 7 pagi?)
Nominal
Kalimat positif: subject + to be (was/were) + complement
Contoh: They were mad at Cindy when I came. (Mereka marah pada Cindy pada saat aku datang.)
Kalimat negatif: subject + to be (was/were) + not + complement
Contoh: They were not mad at Cindy when I came. (Mereka tidak marah pada Cindy pada saat aku datang.)
Kalimat interogatif: to be (was/were) + subject + complement
Contoh: Were they mad at Cindy when I came? (Apakah mereka marah pada Cindy pada saat aku datang?)
Adverb of time (keterangan waktu): while, when, as long as, yesterday at 9 a.m.
Past Perfect Tense
Verbal
Kalimat positif: subject + had + verb3
Contoh: He had woken up by 5 o'clock. (Dia bangun pukul 5.)
Kalimat negatif: subject + had + not + verb3
Contoh: He had not woken up by 5 o'clock. (Dia tidak bangun pukul 5.)
Kalimat interogatif: had + subject + v3?
Contoh: Had he woken up by 5 o'clock? (Apakah dia bangun pukul 5?)
Nominal
Kalimat positif: subject + had + been + complement
Contoh: The man had been here before yesterday. (Pria itu sudah ada di sini sebelum kemarin.)
Kalimat negatif: subject + had + not + been + complement.
Contoh: The man had not been here before yesterday. (Pria itu belum ada di sini sebelum kemarin.)
Kalimat interogatif: had + subject + been + complement
Contoh: Had the man been here before yesterday? (Apakah pria itu sudah ada di sini sebelum kemarin?)
Adverb of time (keterangan waktu): before, before yesterday, till a week ago, after, when, by 9 o'clock
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Kalimat positif: subject + had + been + v-ing
Contoh: Tom had been waiting for his friend since 7 a.m. yesterday. (Tom sudah menunggu temannya sejak pukul 7 pagi kemarin.)
Kalimat negatif: subject + had + not + been + v-ing
Contoh: Tom had not been waiting for his friend since 7 a.m. yesterday. (Tom belum menunggu temannya sejak pukul 7 pagi kemarin.)
Kalimat interogatif: had + subject + been+ v-ing?
Contoh: Had Tom been waiting for his friend since 7 a.m. yesterday? (Apakah Tom sudah menunggu temannya sejak pukul 7 pagi kemarin?)
Adverb of time (keterangan waktu): for, since, the whole day, all day
Latihan Soal
1. Did architects ... the apartment in 2010? (Arsitek membangun apartemen pada tahun 2010.)
a. build
b. built
c. builded
d. builted
2. Jill ... for six hours. (Jill telah mengemudi selama enam jam.)
a. had been driven
b. had been driving
c. had been drove
d. had been drive
3. Andi ... the dog when his father slept. (Andi memberi makan anjing pada saat ayahnya tidur.)
a. fed
b. feeding
c. was fed
d. was feeding
4. I ... my grandmother three days ago. (Aku mengunjungi nenekku tiga hari yang lalu.)
a. visit
b. visits
c. visiting
d. visited
5. ... Milla been at your house till two days ago? (Apakah Milla ada di rumahmu sampai dua hari yang lalu?)
a. was
b. were
c. has
d. had
6. Tiffany's cat ... sick last week. (Kucingnya Tiffany sakit pada minggu lalu.)
a. is
b. are
c. was
d. were
7. My mom ... at home by 6 o'clock. (Ibuku tiba di rumah pukul 6.)
a. arrived
b. was arriving
c. had arrived
d. had been arriving
8. He ... very pale yesterday at 3 p.m. (Dia sangat pucat kemarin jam 3 sore.)
a. was
b. were
c. had been
d. has been
9. Sam ... attend math class yesterday. (Sam tidak menghadiri kelas matematika kemarin.)
a. was not
b. were not
c. did not
d. does not
10. My family ... to the museum last holiday. (Keluargaku pergi ke museum pada liburan lalu.)
a. go
b. gone
c. went
d. wented
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