Fungsi Simple Past Tense

1. Menyatakan perbuatan yang terjadi di masa lampau.

• Tanpa atau dengan menggunakan time signal.

e.g. :

• They studied last night.
• We met him yesterday.
• Where did yoou meet her?
• The bus was twenty minutes late.

2. Menyatakan kebiasaan di waktu lampau.

• Menggunakan time signal atau modal auxiliary “would”, “used to” dan ekspresi ** “be used to” (dulu terbiasa/dulu biasanya).

• Time signal + V₂
• Would + V₁
• Used to +V₁
• Be (was, were) + used to + V_ing

e.g.:

• She always carried an umbrella.
• He never drink coffee.
• When I was a child, my father would read me a story at night before bed.
• They used to smoke cigarettes; now they smoke a pipe.
• Siska usedn’t to like Radit but she quite likes him now.
  (Atau) : She used to dislike Radit but she likes him now.
• Elizabeth was used to living in a cold climate.

**Note            : Jika “Be used to” diartikan “Dulu terbiasa” (Tenses Past), maka “Be”-nya menggunakan “was, were”. Tetapi jika “Be used to” diartikan “Sekarang terbiasa” (Tenses Present), maka “Be”-nya menggunakan “is, am, are”.