Lesson 3

Past Tense

Indicates that an action is in the past relative to the speaker or writer.

menunjukkan satu tindakan yang telah berlalu (bergantung kepada pengucap atau penulis.

I/He/She/It	was	read.
You/We/They	were



• Regular form: adding -d/ -ed.

Base form	Past tense
Live	Lived
Join	Joined
Study	Studied



• Irregular form: Change the word.

Base form	Past tense
Be	Was/were
Get	Got
Go	Went




-Examples:

Yesterday, I wrote my first poem.




Past Progressive



Indicates continuing action, something that was happening, going on, at some point in the past.

(BM:menunjukkan aksi yang berterusan, perkara yang telah berlaku suatu ketika pada masa yang lalu.)

I/He/She/It	was	reading.
You/We/They	were

-Examples:

Eric was reading a book at 11.30pm.

I was watching TV when she called.