Simple Past Tense

Sobat Pintar, di bagian ini kita akan memahami lebih tentang tenses yang digunakan dalam menulis Personal Recount

Simple Past tense adalah suatu bentuk tense yang menggambarkan suatu kejadian yang terjadi pada satu spesifik waktu di masa lampau, kejadian yang berlangsung dalam suatu periode di masa lampau, dan kebiasaan atau aksi yang dilakukan berulang kali pada masa lampau.

Kata kerja yang digunakan pada kalimat positive di tense ini harus berupa kata kerja kedua (verb 2).

Kalimat Verbal

(+) the dog slept in the room yesterday (S+V2+O)
(-) the dog did not sleep in the room yesterday (S+did=not+V1+O)
(?) did the dog sleep in the room yesterday? (Did+S+V1+O+?)

bisa juga contoh di bawah ini

(+) The Teacher went to the school yesterday.
(-) The Teacher did not go to the school yesterday.
(?) Did the  go to the school yesterday?

Kalimat Nominal

(+) he was absent a week ago (S+was/were+unverb)
(-) he was not absent a week ago (S+was/were+not+unverb)
(?) was he absent a week ago? (was/were+S+unverb+?)

Ayo sobat, buat kalimat menggunakan Simple Past Tense

Past Tense Continous

Next, past continuous tense adalah bentuk tenses yang digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung dimasa lampau. Past continuous tense merupakan bentuk lampau dari present continuous tense.

Contoh kalimat :

Kalimat Verbal

(+) she was climbing a mountain (S+was/wer+V-ing+O)

(-) she was not climbing a mountain

(S+was/were+not+Ving+O)

(?) was she climbing a mountain ? (was/were+S+V-ing+O?)

Kalimat Nominal

(+) she was being at school (S+was/were+being+unverb)

(-) she was not being at school

(S+was/were+not+being+unverb)

(?) was she being at school? (was/were+S+being+unverb?)

Latihan 1

I told him I ... something to show to his brother last week.

A. had

B. has

C. have

D. have had

Latihan 2

He ... breakfast with his kids yesterday.

A. is eating

B. are eating

C. was eating

D. were eating

Personal Recount

Sobat, dalam menuliskan sebuah Reount Text, kita harus memahami runtutan teksnya, berikut terdapat struktur Recount Text, yaitu:

Orientation
Di bagian ini berisi perkenalan awal tokoh/pelaku, tempat, dan waktu untuk memberikan informasi yang diperlukan pembaca untuk memahami keseluruhan isi teks.

Events
Menceritakan apa yang terjadi di masa lampau sesuai rangkaian kejadian/peristiwa. Biasa ditandai dengan penggunaan in the first day, next day, our last day.

Evaluation
Komentar dari si penulis/pembicara mengenai pengalaman yang dia rasakan.

Re-orientaton
Kesimpulan dari pengalaman yang dirasakan

Example of Personal Recount

Sobat Pintar, berikut adalah contoh dari Personal Recount:

On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”

I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

Example of Personal Recount

One of my favourite things in Junior High School was camping.

Once a mount my school held a routine extracurricular that was camping at some mountain or camping field in my town. Usually the event was at first Saturday night in a month.

One day at the camping time, we all gathered at the school first before we went together at the camping area.

We were grouped in teams and each team has its own tent. We went to the camping area by bus.

At the afternoon around 4 pm we had already been there. We built our own tent before we continue the activities.

After building the tent, bathing, and having a break, we start the rundown of the activities.

One thing I love most was the activity of Jerit Malam . It was held at 10 pm until 1 am in the morning.

We all, every team, were scattered into the jungle to find the letters in a bottle. The camping committees had prepared something to frighten us by wearing ghost or zombie costume and chased after us.

Anyway, I was never afraid of that but I was so happy seeing some of my friends screaming and running. I laughed loudly at that event because I think both of the ghost and the victims were totally funny.

The ghost or the zombie never frightened us who were not afraid, but they will run after them who were too afraid.

Latihan 1

On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.

It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened.

Suddenly someone shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”

I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.

At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

What is the purpose of the writer sharing the story?

A. To describe how Town Hall looks like

B. To retell past experience went to Town hall

C. To persuade readers to go to Town Hall

D. To explain what happened in Town Hall

Latihan 2

On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.

It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened.

Suddenly someone shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”

I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.

At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

What happened in the Town Hall?

A. The clock was 2 minutes late.

B. The clock had stopped at five to twelve.

C. The clock was ringing at the right time

D. The clock was only working at the Town Hall.