Past Tense

Ada dua tenses di English - past and present (masa lalu dan masa kini).

Past tense di English digunakan untuk:

• untuk berbicara tentang masa lalu
• berbicaratentang hipotesis - hal yang dibayangkan daripada kebenaran
• untuk kesopanan

Ada empat bentuk lampau dalam bahasa Inggris:

Tense	Form
Past simple:	I worked
Past continuous:	I was working
Past perfect:	I had worked
Past perfect continuous:	I had been working

Kami menggunakan formulir ini:

• untuk membicarakan masa lampau:

He worked at McDonald’s. He had worked there since July..
He was working at McDonald’s. He had been working since July.

• untuk merujuk pada sekarang atau masa depan dalam kondisi:

He could get a new job if he really tried.
If Jack was playing they would probably win.

and hypotheses:

It might be dangerous. Suppose they got lost.
I would always help someone who really needed help.

and wishes:

I wish it wasn’t so cold.

• Dalam kondisi, hipotesis dan keinginan, jika kita ingin berbicara tentang masa lalu, kami selalu menggunakan past perfect:

I would have helped him if he had asked.
It was very dangerous, What if you had got lost?
I wish I hadn’t spent so much money last month.

• kita bisamenggunakan bentuk masa lalu untuk berbicara ekspresi sopan:

Excuse me, I was wondering if this was the train for York.
I just hoped you would be able to help me.

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