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·         Nominal Past Tense

Formula :      (+) S + was/were + Complement

                        (-)  S + was/were + not + Complement

                       (?) Was/were + S + Complement (?)

Nominal Sentence is a sentence that predicate is not a verb or in other words The nominal sentence is a sentence that predikatnya form tobe. The use of this depends on the use of tenses and depends on the Subject of the sentence (plural or singular). If the sentence is a Simple Present Tense sentence then that tobe is Was and Were. Tobe can be interpreted is or can not be interpreted, tobe appear because there is no Verb (verb) in the sentence. Let's look at an example in the following sentence:     

1. He was in the hospital yesterday.

2. Tommy was at his house last night.

·         Verbal Past Tense

Formula :      (+) S + V2 + Complement

                        (-)  S + did not + V1 + Complement

                       (?) Did + S + V1 + Complement (?)

Verbal Sentence (Verbal Sentence) is a sentence that contains a verb (verb), or in other words the verbal sentence is a sentence that predicate is a verb (verb). An example is a sentence in Simple Present Tense:

1. They learned English last month.

2. He sold his house more expensive.

3. The students asked the difficult problems.

4. He explained his ideas brilliantly.

5. We brought chocolates for them.

6. Ali went to Jakarta last night.

IRREGULAR VS REGULAR VERB

 An English verb can be regular or irregular. Regular verbs form their past and past participle forms by adding –ed. And than Irregular verbs form their past and past participle forms in different ways.

IRREGULAR VERB

VERB 1	VERB 2	MEANING
Awake	Awoke	Bangun
Arise	Arose	Muncul
Become	Became	Menjadi
Begin	Began	Memulai
Bite	Bit	Menggigit
Build	Built	Membangun
Burn	Burnt	Membakar
Buy	Bought	Membeli
Catch	Caught	Menangkap
Cut	Cut	Memotong
Draw	Drew	Menggambar
Dream	Dreamt	Bermimpi
Do	Did	Melakukan
Drink	Drank	Minum
Drive	Drove	Menyopir
Eat	Ate	Makan
Fall	Fell	Jatuh
Fight	Fought	Berjuang
Find	Found	Menemukan
Fly	Flew	Terbng
Forget	Forgot	Melupakan
Get	Got	Mendapatkan
Give	Gave	Memberi
Go	Went	Pergi
Grow	Grew	Tumbuh
Hang	Hung	Menggantung
Have	Had	Memiliki
Hit	Hit	Memukul
Learn	Learnt	Mempelajari
Leave	Left	Meninggalkan
Let	Let	Membiarkan
Lie	Lay	Bohong
Make	Made	Membuat
Pay	Paid	Membayar
Put	Put	Menaruh
Say	Said	Berkata
See	Saw	Meihat
Sell	Sold	Menjual
Sleep	Slept	Tidur
Speake	Spoke	Berbicara
Spend	Spent	Menghabiskan
Tell	Told	Menceritakan
Teach	Taught	Mengajar
Think	Thought	Berpikir
Win	Won	Menang
Wear	Wore	Memakai
Beheld	Behold	Melaksanakan
Bring	Brought	Membawa
Choose	Chose	Memilih

REGULAR VERB

Ending Sound T	Ending Sound D	Ending Sound id	VERB 1	VERB 2	MEANING
Ask			Ask	Asked	Bertanya
Attack			Attack	Attacked	Menyerang
Interest			Interest	Interested	Menarik
Invent			Invent	Invented	Menciptakan
Knock			Knock	Knocked	Mengetuk
Talk			Talk	Talked	Berbicara
Stop			Stop	Stoped	Berhenti
Look			Look	Looked	Melihat
Work			Work	Worked	Bekerja
Walk			Walk	Walked	Berjalan
	Agree		Agree	Agreed	Menyetujui
	Allow		Allow	Allowed	Mengizinkan
	Appear		Appear	Appeared	Muncu
	Arrive		Arrive	Arrived	Tiba
	Bake		Bake	Baked	Memanggang
	Call		Call	Called	Memanggil
	Change		Change	Changed	Mengubah
	Cry		Cry	Cried	Menangis
	Delay		Delay	Delayed	Menunda
	Enjoy		Enjoy	Enjoyed	Menikmati
	Invite		Invite	Invited	Mengundang
	Like		Like	Liked	Menyukai
	Occur		Occur	Occured	Terjadi
	Save		Save	Saved	Menyimpan
	Study		Study	Studied	Beajar
	Try		Try	Tried	Mencoba
	Use		Use	Used	Menggunakan
	Play		Play	Played	Bermain
	Wash		Wash	Washed	Mencuci
	Borrow		Borrow	Borrowed	Meminjam
		Accept	Accept	Accepted	Menerima
		Add	Add	Added	Menambahkan
		Adopt	Adopt	Adopted	Mengambil
		Attend	Attend	Attended	Menghadiri
		Avoid	Avoid	Avoided	Mencegah
		Collect	Collect	Collected	Mengumpulkan
		Doubt	Doubt	Doubted	Meragukan
		Hunt	Hunt	Hunted	Berburu
		Need	Need	Needed	Membutuhkan
		Paint	Paint	Painted	Melukis
		Plant	Plant	Plnted	Menanam
		Visit	Visit	Visited	Mengunjungi
		Wait	Wait	Waited	Menunggu
		Want	Want	Wanted	Menginginkan
		Admit	Admit	Admitted	Mengakui
		End	End	Ended	Berakhir
		Expect	Expect	Expected	Mengharapkan
		Regret	Regret	Regretted	Menyesal
		Reject	Reject	Rejected	Menolak