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Past Tense, Past Continuous

and Past Perfect Tense

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Past Tense

Devin called Dela yesterday.Devin did not call Angel.

Pattern/ Pola

Devin did not call Angel.Did Devin call Dela yesterday?Yes, he did.Did Devin call Angel yesterday?No, he did not/No, he didn’t.When did Devin call Dela?

Untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadian atau

Fucntions / Fungsi

suatu kejadian atau peristiwa yang terjadi di

waktu lampau.

Past Continuous TenseTense

* I was watching TV at 9 p.m last night.

Forms

last night.* We were having breakfast at 6 o’clock this morning.

1. Untuk menunjukkan suatukejadian yang sedang

Functions / Fungsi

kejadian yang sedangberlangsung di suatu waktutertentu di masa lampau.

*I was studying at 9 p.m last night.* They were playing soccer at 4

o’clock this afternoon.

2. Untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadianyang sedang berlangsung di

Functions / Fungsi

yang sedang berlangsung diwaktu lampau, lalu diikutikejadian lainnya.

*I was watching TV when my mother calledme last night.

* Andrew was doing his homework when I came to the classroom this morning.

3. Untuk menunjukkan dua kejadianyang sedang berlangsung pada

Functions / Fungsi

yang sedang berlangsung padasaat yang bersamaan di waktulampau.

*I was watching TV while my mother was reading a novel last night.

* Andrew was doing his homework while I was correcting the papers last week.

Past Perfect TenseTense

Devin had called Dela.Devin had not called Angel.

Pattern/ Pola

Devin had not called Angel.Had Devin called Dela?Yes, he had.Had Devin called Angel?No, he had not/No, he hadn’t.Whom had Devin called?

Untuk menunjukkan suatu kejadian yang telah terjadi di waktu lampau (dansudah selesai), kemudian diikuti suatu

Functions / Fungsi

sudah selesai), kemudian diikuti suatukejadian lain.

*He had sold the motor bike when I came to see it yesterday afternoon.

•*I had got a job before I bought the house last year.•*We arrived at the station after the train had left yesterday

Kata yang sering digunakan untuk menghubungkan antara peristiwa pertama dengan (dalam past perfect)

Notes

pertama dengan (dalam past perfect) dengan peristiwa kedua (dalam past tense) adalah when, before, dan after.

Generic Structure

The structure of an expalanation text is often (but not always) :text is often (but not always) :1. A general statement to introduce the topic, for example : in the autumn birds migrate.2. A series of logical steps explaining how or why something occurs.3. Steps continue until the final state is produces or the explanation is complete.

Language Features

• written in simple present tense, for example many

birds fly short.

•Use connectives that signal time, for example, •Use connectives that signal time, for example,

firstly, next, then, after that, meanwhile, eventually,

later, finally.

•Use causal connectives, for example : because, so

this causes, etc

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