Past Tense And Past Continuous.docx

Review: Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative). Example: Math is (difficult) __more difficult__ than English. 1. My house is (big) ___________ than yours. 2. This flower is (beautiful) __________ than that one. 3. This is the (interesting) ___________ book I have ever read. 4. Non-smokers usually live (long) _____________ than smokers. 5. Which is the (dangerous) _____________animal in the world? 6. A holiday by the sea is (good) ______________ than a holiday in the mountains. 7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) _______________ than a beer. 8. Who is the (rich) ___________ woman on earth? 9. The weather this summer is even (bad) ____________ than last summer. 10. He was the (clever) ______________ thief of all.

Simple Past and Past Continuous Tense A. Simple Past Untuk menjelaskan kegiatan di masa lalu. (+) Rakha studied degree of comparison last Wednesday. Rakha Subject

studied verb 2

degree of comparison

last week

Subject + _________ (-) Rakha did not study degree of comparison last Wednesday. Rakha ……..

did not

study …….

degree of comparison

last week

(?) Did Rakha study degree of comparison last Wednesday? Did

Rakha ………

study …….

degree of comparison

last Wednesday?

Look at the verb ‘study’

Study

Studied = study + ed

This verb is called REGULAR VERB. Fill in the blank to complete the table of REGULAR VERB LIST. Verb 1 Study Visit Arrive Ask Agree Call Communicate Delay Explain Join

Verb 2 Studied

Verb 3 Studied

Meaning

Now, look another example! Circle the difference between the first and second example! (+) Rakha learnt degree of comparison last week Rakha ……...

learnt …….

degree of comparison

last week

(-) Rakha did not learn degree of comparison last week Rakha did not learn degree of comparison last week …….. …….

(?) Did Rakha learn degree of comparison last week? Did Rakha ……..

learn degree of comparison last week? …….

Look at the verb ‘learn’

Learnt

Learn

This verb is called IRREGULAR VERB Fill in the blank to complete the table of IREEGULAR VERB LIST by choosing the words in the box! went, gone put, put read, read

drank, drunk ate, eaten was/were, been

Verb 1 Learn Write Read Eat Drink Go Leave Take Put Buy Sell To be (is, am, are)

Verb 2 Learnt

learnt, learnt took, taken left, left Verb 3 Learnt

wrote, written sold, sold bought, bought Meaning

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Exercise: Make a sentence based on the words given! 1. (you / play / cards) 2. (I / want / a car) 3. (we / lose / the game) 4. (I / not / get up / early) 5. (Jeff and Linda / not / leave / home) 6. (Michael / to be / angry) 7. (you / buy / a coffee / last night) ? 8. (we / eat / noodle / yesterday) 9. (Sherly / write / a message / a few minutes ago) 10. (Mr. Albert / put / the keys / on the table) B. Past Continuous Tense Untuk menjelaskan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung di masa lalu disaat kejadian yang lain terjadi (+) Janer was watching TV when I came. Janer …….

was ……

watching ……….

TV when I came.

Subject + ______ + ________

(-) Janer was not watching TV when I came Janer was ……. …..

not

watching TV when I came. ………..

(?) was Janer watching TV when I came ? was ……

Janer watching TV when I came? ……. ………..

Exercise: Yesterday at 6 pm your family were doing different things. Make a sentence based on the words given! 1. (My mother / read / a novel) 2. (My father / watch / a movie) 3. (My elder sister / writing / in her diary) 4. (My two brothers / listen / to the radio) 5. (My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie) Fill in the blank with past continuous tense! 6. When I phoned my friends, they ____________ (play) monopoly. 7. Yesterday at six I _____________ (prepare) dinner. 8. The kids ______________ (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. 9. I _____________ (practice) the guitar when he came home. 10. We ________________ (not / cycle) all day.