Past Simple Tense

1. Did you do anything special last night?

   • Indonesian: "Apakah kamu melakukan sesuatu yang spesial tadi malam?"

   • Explanation: "Melakukan sesuatu yang spesial" means "do anything special."

2. Yes, we went out.

   • Indonesian: "Ya, kami keluar."

   • Explanation: "Kami keluar" means "we went out."

3. Where did you go?

   • Indonesian: "Ke mana kalian pergi?"

   • Explanation: "Ke mana" means "where to."

4. We went over to our friends' place.

   • Indonesian: "Kami pergi ke rumah teman kami."

   • Explanation: "Rumah teman kami" means "our friends' place."

5. What did you get up to there?

   • Indonesian: "Apa yang kalian lakukan di sana?"

   • Explanation: "Lakukan di sana" means "do there."

6. We just sat around talking.

   • Indonesian: "Kami hanya duduk-duduk sambil ngobrol."

   • Explanation: "Duduk-duduk sambil ngobrol" means "sat around talking."

7. What time did you get home?

   • Indonesian: "Jam berapa kalian pulang?"

   • Explanation: "Jam berapa" means "what time," and "pulang" means "get home."

8. We got home quite late.

   • Indonesian: "Kami pulang cukup larut."

   • Explanation: "Cukup larut" means "quite late."

Past Continuous Tense

1. What were you doing at 11 p.m. last night?

   • Indonesian: "Apa yang sedang kamu lakukan jam 11 malam tadi?"

   • Explanation: "Sedang lakukan" indicates continuous past action, "tadi malam" means "last night."

2. I was getting ready to go to bed.

   • Indonesian: "Saya sedang bersiap untuk tidur."

   • Explanation: "Sedang bersiap" means "was getting ready."

3. Were you doing anything yesterday?

   • Indonesian: "Apakah kamu melakukan sesuatu kemarin?"

   • Explanation: "Kemarin" means "yesterday."

4. Yes, I was. We were busy all day.

   • Indonesian: "Ya, saya ada. Kami sibuk sepanjang hari."

   • Explanation: "Kami sibuk" means "we were busy," "sepanjang hari" means "all day."

5. What were you doing?

   • Indonesian: "Apa yang sedang kamu lakukan?"

   • Explanation: "Sedang lakukan" indicates continuous past action.

6. We were having a look around.

   • Indonesian: "Kami sedang melihat-lihat."

   • Explanation: "Melihat-lihat" means "having a look around."

7. What were you doing before you came to Indonesia?

   • Indonesian: "Apa yang kamu lakukan sebelum kamu datang ke Indonesia?"

   • Explanation: "Sebelum" means "before," "datang ke Indonesia" means "came to Indonesia."

8. I was working until just before I left.

   • Indonesian: "Saya sedang bekerja sampai sebelum saya pergi."

   • Explanation: "Sedang bekerja" means "was working," "sampai sebelum" means "until just before."

9. What kind of work were you doing?

   • Indonesian: "Pekerjaan apa yang kamu lakukan?"

   • Explanation: "Pekerjaan apa" means "what kind of work."

10. I was working as a teacher for a school.

    • Indonesian: "Saya bekerja sebagai guru di sebuah sekolah."

    • Explanation: "Sebagai guru" means "as a teacher," "di sebuah sekolah" means "for a school."

Past Perfect Tense

1. Did you know any Bahasa before you came to Indonesia?

   • Indonesian: "Apakah kamu sudah tahu Bahasa sebelum kamu datang ke Indonesia?"

   • Explanation: "Sudah tahu" means "knew," indicating knowledge before a past event.

2. Yes, I did.

   • Indonesian: "Ya, saya sudah tahu."

   • Explanation: "Sudah tahu" means "knew."

3. How come you already knew some Bahasa?

   • Indonesian: "Mengapa kamu sudah tahu sedikit Bahasa?"

   • Explanation: "Mengapa" means "how come," "sedikit Bahasa" means "some Bahasa."
     
     Past Perfect Continuous Tense

4. Because I had already been studying Bahasa for a few months before I came.

   • Indonesian: "Karena saya sudah belajar Bahasa selama beberapa bulan sebelum saya datang."

   • Explanation: "Sudah belajar" means "had been studying," "sebelum saya datang" means "before I came."

5. What had you just finished reading before you started reading this?

   • Indonesian: "Apa yang baru saja kamu selesaikan membaca sebelum kamu mulai membaca ini?"

   • Explanation: "Baru saja selesai membaca" means "just finished reading," "sebelum kamu mulai membaca" means "before you started reading."

6. I had been reading the previous section about the present tenses.

   • Indonesian: "Saya baru saja membaca bagian sebelumnya tentang tenses present."

   • Explanation: "Baru saja membaca" means "had been reading," "bagian sebelumnya" means "previous section."