Did you ever experience that “the biggest problem with the past (tense) is making sure you don’t get the different forms confused”?
According to the CGP GCSE English Grammar book, there are the easy way to avoid that is by learning the THREE KEY PAST FORMS
Example 1: “I INVENTED a magic potion.” <- Ini menunjukkan kejadian tunggal (single action) yg terjadi sekali di waktu lampau dan telah selesai (finished). Ini bentuk past biasa (ordinary form)
Example 2: “I HAVE INVENTED a magic potion.” <- Fellas harus memakai yang ini dalam membicarakan yang telah terjadi (that happened) dan telah selesai (was finished) pada saat baru saja terjadi (recent past).
Example 3: “I WAS INVENTING a magic potion.” <- Disini pembuatan (inventing) masih terjadi (still happening) dan belum selesai (wasn’t finished) pada saatnya (past)
Yap begitu-> @ki_war: bukannya kejadiannya udah slesai?? Tapi prosesnya sedang berlangsung pada waktu yg dirujuk kalimat, bukan gitu tah?? RE: Example 3
Jadi perbedaan mereka adalah (contoh menggunakan verb “learn”):
- I learned = FINISHED (sudah selesai)
- I have learned = RECENTLY FINISHED (baru saja selesai)
- I was learning = NOT FINISHED (belum selesai)
Memang kelihatan dan terdengar ribet tapi sebenarnya tidak. Yang perlu dipahami adalah:
DIFFERENT PAST TENSE forms have DIFFERENT MEANINGS – Bentuk past tense yang berbeda memiliki arti yang berbeda
Jadi inti dari Three Key Past forms diatas adalah kapan menggunakan:
Simple Past Tense (I learned), Present Perfect Tense (I have learned) and Past Continuous/Progressive Tense (I was learning)
For more about those tenses click here https://englishtips4u.com/2011/06/19/engclass-simple-past-vs-present-perfect/ … and here https://englishtips4u.com/2011/12/26/engclass-past-progressive-tense/ … or visit http://englishtips4u.com :)
Demikian fellas tentang Three Key Past forms yang dijelaskan oleh CGP :) Semoga bermanfaat
Do remember those three key past forms (Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Continuous/Progressive) then your writing should be okay :)
Compiled and written by @daedonghae at @EnglishTips4U on December 13, 2012
What about “I have been learning”? Does it mean that I learned (in the past) and until this time I’m still learning?
As far as I understand, “I was learning” explains something we are doing in the past when the other thing happened. Example: “I was learning when my mom arrived.” Or, “my mom arrived while I was learning”
Need your help :) thank you.