Tidak hanya bisa menjadi hiburan, lagu berbahasa Inggris juga bisa membuatmu mempelajari banyak hal, seperti vocab atau kosa-kata baru, pronounciation atau cara melafalkan kata dengan benar¸ bahkan kamu juga bisa belajar berbagai macam tenses yang digunakan dalam sebuah lagu.

Simple past tense adalah tenses yang digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau. Ciri khususnya adalah penggunaan verb 2, did, was¸dan were.

Tenses ini merupakan salah satu tenses yang sering digunakan dalam percakapan sehari-hari. Selain itu, simple past tense juga banyak digunakan dalam lirik-lirik lagu berbahasa Inggris.

Berikut ini adalah beberapa rekomendasi lagu berbahasa Inggris yang menggunakan simple past tense dalam liriknya. Check this out!

1. Katy Perry – Last Friday Night

Salah satu big hits milik Katy Perry ini bergenre pop dengan nada-nada up-beat yang bisa membuatmu bersemangat ketika mendengarkannya. Lagu ini mengandung cukup banyak penggunaan simple past tense dalam liriknya.

Bahkan judulnya sendiri adalah salah satu contoh dari time signal atau keterangan waktu yang biasa digunakan pada simple past tense. Last Friday Night dalam Bahasa Indonesia berarti Jum’at Malam Lalu. Hampir seluruh lirik dalam lagu ini menggunakan simple past tense. Salah satunya dapat ditemukan dalam potongan bait berikut ini:

Last Friday night
Yeah, we danced on tabletops
And we took too many shots
Think we kissed, but I forgot

Last Friday night
Yeah, we maxed our credit cards
And got kicked out of the bar
So we hit the boulevard

Pada potongan bait di atas dapat ditemukan banyak penggunaan verb 2, seperti kata danced, took, kissed, forgot, maxed, kicked, dan hit.

2. Madison Beer – Reckless

Madison Beer merupakan penyanyi dan penulis lagu berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Pada Juni 2021 lalu, ia merilis sebuah lagu pop balad berjudul Reckless yang berkisah tentang kisah sedih seseorang yang patah hati akibat ditinggalkan oleh orang yang ia cintai.

Lagu ini berhasil merebut hati pecinta musik dunia tidak hanya karena melodinya yang sangat indah tapi juga karena tiap lirik-lirik sederhana namun sangat mendalam di lagu tersebut mampu mewakili perasaan tiap mereka yang sedang patah hati ditinggal kekasih. Dalam lirik lagu tersebut, kamu bisa menemukan banyak sekali penggunaan simple past tense, loh. Seperti pada bait berikut ini:

Each day goes by and each night, I cry
Somebody saw you with her last night
You gave me your word, “Don’t worry ’bout her”
You might love her now, but you loved me first
Said you’d never hurt me, but here we are
Oh, you swore on every star
How could you be so reckless with my heart?

Kata last night pada baris kedua merupakan contoh time signal dalam simple past tense. Sebagai tambahan, penggunaan verb 2 yang merupakan ciri khusus dari simple past tense dapat dilihat dari bait di atas yakni kata saw, gave, loved, said, dan swore.

3. Adele – Someone Like You

Sudah lebih dari satu dekade sejak lagu ini pertama dirilis pada Januari 2011. Someone Like Youberhasil membawa nama Adele melesat menjadi penyanyi papan dunia yang kualitasnya tak bisa diragukan lagi. Perpaduan antara suara merdu Adele dan lantunan piano mampu menghipnotis siapa saja yang mendengarkan lagu bertempo lambat ini.

Lirik-lirik yang dilantunkan penyanyi kelahiran Tottenham ini begitu bermakna. Dalam lirik-lirik tersebut, beberapa diantaranya menggunakan simple past tense. Contohnya pada bait pertama lagu itu yang berbunyi:

I heard that you’re settled down
That you found a girl and you’re married now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things, I didn’t give to you

Bentuk kalimat positif simple past tense bisa dilihat dari kalimat di baris pertama, kedua, dan ketiga. Adapun verb 2 yang digunakan adalah heard, dan found. Pada baris ke 4, terdapat contoh kalimat negative yaitu I didn’t give.

4. Camila Cabello – Havana

Havana resmi dirilis pada tanggal 3 Agustus 2017. Lagu ini dibawakan oleh Camila Cabello, mantan anggota The Fifth Harmony yang merupakan grup bentukan The X Factor Amerika Serikat tahun 2012.

Lirik lagu Havana ceritakan tentang seseorang wanita yang bertemu dengan laki-laki special yang ia temui selama di Havana, ibukota negara Kuba. Beberapa kalimat dari lirik lagu ini menggunakan simple past tense seperti dalam bait berikut ini:

He didn’t walk up with that “how you doin’?” (uh)
When he came in the room
He said there’s a lot of girls I can do with (uh)
But I can’t without you
I knew him forever in a minute (hey)
That summer night in June
And papa says he got malo in him (uh)
He got me feelin’ like…

Pada bait di atas banyak menggunakan kalimat positif simple past tense seperti dalam baris kedua (he came…), ketiga (he said…), kelima (I knew…), ketujuh (he got…) dan kedelapan (he got…). Bentuk kalimat negatif terdapat pada baris pertama yaitu pada kata he didn’t walk up.

5. Brett Young – In Case You Didn’t Know

Brett Young merilis sebuah lagu pop pada 2017 berjudul In Case You Didn’t Know. Lagu ini bercerita tentang ungkapan cinta seorang laki-laki pada wanita yang sangat ia cintai.

Puitis dan romantis terungkapkan dengan sempurna pada lirik-lirik di lagu ini. Beberapa dari lirik tersebut menggunakan simple past tense. Contohnya pada bai di bawah ini:

I can’t count the times
I almost said what’s on my mind
But I didn’t
And just the other day
I wrote down all the things I’d say
But I couldn’t
I just couldn’t

Kalimat positif simple past tense dapat dijumpai pada kalimat I almost said… dan I wrote down all… Sementara untuk bentuk kalimat negatifnya ada pada kalimat I didn’t dan I couldn’t.

Demikianlah beberapa rekomendasi lagu yang bisa menjadi referensimu untuk belajar simple past tense. Semoga kamu tetap selalu semangat dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris, ya!

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Rumus Simple Past Tense

Rumus simple past tense dibagi menjadi tiga jenis sesuai dengan penggunaannya, yaitu:

Affirmative (+) :

• Subject + To be (was / were) + Adjective / Adverb / Noun
• Subject + Verb II (or Verb I + ed) + Adverb

Negative (–) :

• Subject + To be (was / were) + Not + Adjective / Adverb / Noun
• Subject + Did + Not + Verb 1 + Adverb

Interrogative (?) :

• To be ( was / were) + Subject + Adjective / Adverb / Noun
• Did + Subject + Verb I + Adverb

Contoh Kalimat Simple Past Tense

1. (+) The train was ten minutes late
2. (–) The train was not ten minutes late
3. (?) Was the train ten minutes late?

1. (+) He worked in the bank for four years
2. (–) he did not work in the bank for four years
3. (?) Did he work in the bank for four years?

1. (+) You walked to school yesterday
2. (–) You did not walk to school yesterday
3. (?) Did you walk to school yesterday?

1. (+) I bought a book two days ago
2. (–) I did not buy a book two days ago
3. (?) Did I buy a book two days ago?

1. (+) I was a student last year
2. (–) I was not a student last year
3. (?) Was I a student last year?

1. (+) He was at my house two-days last week
2. (–) He was not at my house two-days last week
3. (?) Was he at my house two-days last week?

1. (+) We helped our teacher yesterday morning
2. (–) We did not help our teacher yesterday morning
3. (?) Did we help our teacher yesterday morning?

Latihan Soal Simple Past Tense

Lengkapi soal di bawah ini dengan jawaban yang sesuai ‘to be’-nya (Was / Were)

1. The kids ……. at a birthday party
2. Jane …… very sick
3. John and Jack…… very happy
4. Peter …… in a big hurry
5. Susan …… at the lobby when you were here
6. I ate a hamburger when you …… in class
7. I wish you …… at home
8. The train …… ten minutes late
9. You …. in  school yesterday
10. I…… a student last year

Lengkapi kata atau kalimat yang kosong dengan jawaban yang sesuai.

1.(+) The cat … afraid of small mouse

(-) The cat … … afraid of small mouse

(?)

2.(+) You walked to school yesterday

(-) You … … walk to school yesterday

(?)

3.(+) He worked in the bank for four years

(-) He … … work in the bank for four years

(?)

4.(+) Susan … tired of cooking

(-) Susan … … tired of cooking

(?)

5. (+) You … at cinema last night

(-) You … … at cinema last night

(?)

6. (+) You were angry last week

(-)

(?)

7. (+) It was cold yesterday

(-)

(?)

8. (+)

(-) You were not angry last night

(?)

9. (+) He was on holiday last weekend

(-)

(?)

10.(+)

(-) We were not at school last month

(?)

11.(+) The children …. in the garden last night

(-)

(?)

12.(+) I was sad yesterday

(-)

(?)

13. (+)

(-) Mother … not happy yesterday

(?)

14.(+) They … in my office

(-)

(?)

15.(+) I … in hospital yesterday

(-) I … … in hospital yesterday

(?)

Jawaban Latihan

1. The kids were at a birthday party
2. Jane was very sick
3. John and Jack were very happy
4. Peter was in a big hurry
5. Susan was at the lobby when you were here
6. I ate a hamburger when you were in class
7. I wish you were at home
8. The train was ten minutes late
9. You were in school yesterday
10. I was a student last year

1.(+) The cat was afraid of small mouse

(-) The cat was not afraid of small mouse

(?) Was the cat afraid of small mouse?

2.(+) You walked to school yesterday

(-) You did not walk to school yesterday

(?) Did you walk to school yesterday?

3.(+) He worked in the bank for four years

(-) He did not work in the bank for four years

(?) Did he work in the bank for four years?

4.(+) Susan was tired of cooking

(-) Susan was not tired of cooking

(?) Was Susan tired of cooking?

5. (+) You were at cinema last night

(-) You were not at cinema last night

(?) Were you at cinema last night?

6. (+) You were angry last week

(-) You were not angry last week

(?) Were you angry last week?

7. (+) It was cold yesterday

(-) It was not cold yesterday

(?) Was it cold yesterday?

8. (+) You were angry last night

(-) You were not angry last night

(?) Were you angry last night?

9. (+) He was on holiday last weekend

(-) He was not on holiday last weekend

(?) Was he on holiday last weekend?

10.(+) We were at school last month

(-) We were not at school last month

(?) Were we at school last month?

11.(+) The children were in the garden last night

(-) The children were not in the garden last night

(?) Were the children in the garden last night?

12.(+) I was sad yesterday

(-) I was not sad yesterday

(?) Was I sad yesterday?

13. (+) Mother was happy yesterday

(-) Mother was not happy yesterday

(?) Was mother happy yesterday?

14.(+) They were in my office

(-) They were not in my office

(?) Were they in my office?

15.(+) I was in hospital yesterday

(-) I was not in hospital yesterday

(?) Was I in hospital yesterday?

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