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Language Features (Unsur Kebahasaan):

➢ Using Simple Past Tense → Nominal and Verbal Sentence

Nominal Sentence
Pattern:
(+) Subject + to be past (was/were) + Compliment (noun/adjective/adverb)
(-) Subject + to be past (was/were) + Not + Compliment (noun/adjective/adverb)
(?) to be past (was/were) + Subject + Compliment (noun/adjective/adverb)?

Subject To Be Past
I, He, She, It, a book Was
You, We, They, books Were

Example:
(+) I was a student five years ago
(-) I was not a student five years ago
(?) Were you a student five years ago?

Verbal Sentence
(+) Subject + Verb 2 + Object + adverb (of time/place)
(-) Subject + Did not + Verb 1 + Object + adverb (of time/place)
(?) Did + Subject + Verb 1 + Object + adverb (of time/place)

Adverb of time :
Yesterday (kemarin)
Last…. : …. lalu; last week (minggu lalu), last sunday (hari minggu lalu)
…. ago : 2 day ago (2 hari lalu), 3 weeks ago (3 minggu lalu)

Example:
(+) We studied English yesterday
(-) We did not study English yesterday
(?) Did we study English yesterday?

➢ Use of time connector (Kata sambung / penghubung yang berhubungan dengan
waktu)
Example:
After (Setelah), Before (Sebelum), Finally (Akhirnya), When (Ketika), While
(Sementara), etc.

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