Short / Contracted Forms dan Long Forms dalam Simple Past

Dalam Simple Past, kita menggunakan kata kerja utama dalam bentuk lampau (past form). Berbeda dengan beberapa tense lain, Simple Past tidak memiliki contracted forms pada kalimat positif.

Kontraksi hanya digunakan pada kalimat negatif, karena menggunakan auxiliary verb “did”.

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1. Affirmative Forms (Kalimat Positif)

Dalam kalimat positif, tidak ada bentuk kontraksi. Kita hanya menggunakan bentuk past dari kata kerja.

Pronoun	Long Form	Contracted Form
I	I went	tidak ada
You	You went	tidak ada
He	He went	tidak ada
She	She went	tidak ada
It	It went	tidak ada
We	We went	tidak ada
They	They went	tidak ada

Contoh:

I went to school yesterday.
She visited her friend last week.
They watched a movie last night.

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2. Negative Forms (Kalimat Negatif)

Untuk membuat kalimat negatif dalam Simple Past, kita menggunakan:

did not + base verb

Bentuk kontraksi yang umum digunakan:

did not → didn't

Pronoun	Long Form	Contracted Form
I	I did not go	I didn’t go
You	You did not go	You didn’t go
He	He did not go	He didn’t go
She	She did not go	She didn’t go
It	It did not go	It didn’t go
We	We did not go	We didn’t go
They	They did not go	They didn’t go

Contoh:

I did not go to school yesterday.
I didn't go to school yesterday.

She did not watch the movie.
She didn't watch the movie.

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Catatan Penting

Dalam kalimat negatif Simple Past:

• kata kerja utama kembali ke bentuk dasar (infinitive)

Contoh:

She went home.     (affirmative)
She didn't go home. (negative)

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Ringkasan

Jenis Kalimat	Struktur	Contoh
Affirmative	subject + past verb	She went home
Negative (long form)	subject + did not + verb	She did not go home
Negative (contracted)	subject + didn’t + verb	She didn’t go home

Contoh penggunaan:

I watched the film yesterday.
She didn't watch the film yesterday.
They didn't finish the work.