SIMPLE PAST & PAST PROGRESSIVE
Remember- the simple past talks about
something that happened before. It happened and itfinished. Some words are
regular and just have -ed added at the end like walked, helped,
andplayed. Others are irregular and have many variations like ate, began,
and slept.
The past progressive talks about something
that was happening before, but for a period of time. It uses was or were + verb-ing like was
eating or were playing. It gives a background for something that was
happening while a different event happened.
Example: While I was eating, the telephone rang.
So, during the time I was eating (let's say from
6:30-7:00 p.m.) somebody called my house (let's say they called at 6:49p.m.)
One thing happened (simple past) during the period of time another thing was
happening (past progressive.)
Here is another example: They saw an old
man as they were walking down the street.
You can think of walking as a video. You
see the movement. You see the time passing. Think ofsaw as a photo. It is
one point of time. You don't think of the time passing.
I dreamed in English when I was
sleeping.
She was listening to the radio when the mail came.
They visited Sydney when they were traveling in Australia.
SIMPLE PAST & PRESENT PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
(+) S + HAVE/ HAS + VERB 3 + O
Yuwono has bought car
(-) S + HAVE/ HAS + NOT + VERB 3 + O
Yuwono has not bought car
(?) HAVE/HAS + S + V3 + O?
Has Yuwono bought car
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
(+)S + VERB 2 + O + ADVERB OF TIME (keterangan
waktu)
Beni went to Jogja yesterday
(-)S + DID + NOT + V1 + O +ADVERB OF TIME
Beni did not go to Jogja yesterday
(?)DID + S + V 1 + O + ADVERB OF TIME
Did Beni go to Jogja yesterday?
Secara rumus, memang penyusunan kalimat present perfect
tense dan simple past tense sangat berbeda, jika dalam present perfect tense
kita menggunakan Verb 3 (kata kerja bentuk ketiga), sedangkan dalam simple past
tense kita menggunakan Verb 2 (kata kerja bentuk kedua).
sedangkan maknanya, jika kalimat ini diterjemahkan
ke dalam bahasa Indonesia, kalimat yang mempunyai bentuk tenses present perfect
tense dan simple present tense mempunyai arti yang sama yaitu: sudah atau
telah.
Contoh:
I have eaten bread : saya telah makan nasi
I ate bread yesterday: saya telah makan nasi kemarin
Terkadang kita bingung kapan kita kita harus menggunakan simple present tense,
kapan kita menggunakan simple past tense. Jika ingin membuat suatu kalimat yang
kita tidak tahu atau tidak disertai dengan keterangan waktu maka kita menyusunnya
menggunakan bentuk present perfect tense, sedangkan jika kita mengetahui
keterangan waktunya, maka kita menggunakan simple past tense.
Jadi, perbedaan antara present perfect tense dan simple past tense hanya
penggunaan keterangan waktu saja. present perfect tense tidak ada
keterangan waktu secara jelas. sedangkan simple past tense, ada keterangan
waktu lampau yang jelas.
sumber:
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar10.htm
https://syifa249e.wordpress.com/tugas-tugas/data-data-bahasa-inggris/perbedaan-present-perfect-tense-simple-past-tense/
