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Form : S + V2 + O +...
Indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at a particular ( certain ) time in the
past.
Adverbial of time : yesterday, .... ago, last......,this...., in......, just now.
Examples : 1. He bought a new car three years ago. ( + ).
He didnt buy a new car three years ago.( -).
Did he buy a new car three years ago ?( ? ).
Didnt he buy a new car three years ago ? (-) (?)
( Did he not buy a new car three years ago ?).
Did not he buy a new car three years ago ?
2. He lived in Paris for ten years.
3. I walked to school yesterday
4. The students were very tired because of ( due to )MOS
training.(+).
The students were not very tired because of ( due to )MOS
training. (-).
Were the students very tired because of ( due to ) MOS
Training ? (?)
Werent the students very tired because of ( due to ) MOS
training ?( -) ( ?)
Were the students not very tired because of ( due to ) MOS
training ? ( -) (?)
Were not the students very tired because of ( due to ) MOS
Training ?
WAS and WERE are followed by :
1. Adjectives.
Mr. A was lazy.
2. Nouns
I was the University Student of IKIP Semarang.
3. Adverb
Mr.A was at school yesterday.
Andika sang a song beautifully at school last week.
If a sentence contains when and has the simple past in both clauses, the action in the
when clause happens first.
Example :I stood under a tree when it began to rain.
1 st : The rain began.
2 nd : I stood under a tree.
14.
15.
16.
17.
1. Past Continuous indicates that two actions occured at the same time, but one
action began earlier and was in progress when the other action occured in the
past.
Examples :
a). I was walking down the street when it began to rain.
The 1st action : I was walking down the street.
The 2nd action : It began to rain.
= When it began to rain, I was walking down the street.
b). While I was walking down the street, it began to rain.
= It began to rain while I was walking down the street.
Example :
e.g : At eight oclock last night, I was studying.
( My studying began before 8, was in progress at that time, and
probably continued ).
I started my studying at 7 oclock p.m and ended my studying at 9 oclock p.m. What was I
doing at 8 oclock last night ?
Example :
1.Active : The students were playing football happily at Kebumen Stadium
last week.
Passive : Football was being happily played by the students at Kebumen
Stadium last week.
2.Active : Werent the students playing football happily at Kebumen Stadium last week ?
Passive : Wasnt football being happily played by the students at
Kebumen Stadium last week ?
Write the story in the Past Progressive or Past Tense!
Yesterday, Tono ( go ) to Alis house in town to borrow a book. He ( leave ) his house,
when he ( see ) his classmate, Dewi Asuti. She ( come ) out of her house,too. Dewi Astuti
( want ) to go the post office, so they ( walk ) together.
Who ( you talk ) to when I ( see ) you yesterday ? Dewi ( ask ).
When ( be ) that ?, he ( ask ). Oh, I ( talk ) to my Australian friend, Phil, Tono
( say ). I ( not see ) you then. Where ( be ) you ?
I ( ride ) home in a becak. I ( call ) you, but you ( not hear ) me .
Im sorry. I ( tell ) him about tomorrows football game then, he ( reply ).
Just then they ( come ) to the post office, so they ( say ) goodbye, and Tono ( continue )
on his way.
went-left saw.
came.
wanted walked
were you talking saw asked
was- asked
was talking said
did not see
were
rode
called- didnt hear
told replied
came said - continued
PRONOUNS
SUBJECT
OBJECT
I
We
You
He
She
It
You
They
me
us
you
him
her
it
you
them
POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVE
my
our
your
his
her
its
your
their
Example :
As subject : 1. Should we help those people ?
2. Where did you go last week ?
As object : 1. Mary saw him on the street.
2. John talk to her for a while.
POSSESSIVE
PRONOUN
mine
ours
yours
his
hers
its
yours
theirs
REFLEXIVE
AND
EMPHATIC
PRONOUN
myself
ourselves
yourself
himself
herself
itself
yourselves
themselves
SPOOF TEXTS
Text :1
Once, a man was walking in a park when he came across a penguin. He took him to a policeman
and said, I have just found this penguin. What should I do? The policeman replied, take him to the
zoo
The next day the policeman saw the man in the same park, and the man was still carrying the
penguin with him. The policeman was rather surprised and walked up to the man and asked. Why are
you still carrying that penguin about? Didnt you take t to the zoo? I certainly did, replied the man.
And it was a great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today Im taking him to the movies!
Text: 2
The Blonde and the Lawyer
A blonde and a lawyer were seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY. The
lawyer asked if she would like to play a fun game.
The blonde, tired, just wanted to take a nap, politely declined and rolled over to the
window to catch a few winks.
The lawyer persisted and explained that the game was easy and a lot of fun.
He explained, I ask you a question, and if you dont know the answer, you pay me
$5.00, and vice versa.
Again, she declined and tried to get some sleep. The lawyer, now agitated, said, Okay,
if you dont know the answer you pay me $5.00, and if I dont know the answer, I will pay you
$500.00.
This caught the blondes attention and, figuring there would be no end to this torment
unless she played, agreed to the game. The lawyer asked the first question. Whats the
distance from the earth to the moon? The blonde didnt say a word, reached into her purse,
pulled out a $5.00 bill and handed it to the lawyer. Okay says the lawyer, your turn.
She asked the lawyer, What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four
legs? The lawyer, puzzled, took out his laptop computer and searched all his references, no
answer. He tapped into the air phone with his modem and searched the net and the library of
congress, no answer. Frustrated, he sent e-mails to all his friends and coworkers, to no avail.
After an hour, he woke the blonde, and handed her $500.
The blonde said, Thank you, and turned back to get some more sleep.
The lawyer, who was more than a little miffed, woke the blonde and asked, Well,
whats the answer? Without a word, the blonde reached into her purse, handed the lawyer
$5.00, and went back to sleep.
Adapted from http://www.dizzyboy.com
Text: 3
Fixing the Headstone
Once, there were two men walking home after a Halloween party. They decided to take a
shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were
startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, they
found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones.
Holy cow, Mister, one of them said after catching his breath, You scared us half to
death, we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?
Those fools! the old man grumbled. They misspelled my name!
Taken from http://www.dizzyboy.com
Text: 4