Hand write this text in your book. Underline or highlight the past form verbs. Paragraph one is done as the examples. When I was seven years old, my mother gave a small wallet to keep my pocket-money in. I felt so happy and I put it in my hip pocket. One day, during break time in school, I discovered that my wallet was missing. I checked it but I could not find it. There was some money in the wallet and without it I could not but anything to eat. I was close to tears. It wasnot because of losing my precious wallet but because I might get a scolding from my parents. Anyhow I went hungry that day. At class I could notconcentrate well to study at all. I kept thinking about how I lost may wallet and what my parents would react. How was I going to explain the loss? I did not know whether someone had taken it from my pocket or it had merely fallen out. I hoped that someone would find it and return it to me. When I told my mother about my loss, she was angry. She told me that it would not happen if I was careful. When my father came home, I got another anger. He said so many words to me. Then he told me that there would not be any more wallets for me until Igot older. Luckily, I still got pocket-money from my parents. I am glad to say that I never lost any money again. I had learned to be more careful. It is not pleasant to lose something and then scolded for losing it.

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Soal ini meminta untuk menandakan atau mengarisbawahi kata kerja berbentuk lampau atau past tense seperti contoh di paragraf pertama. Past form verb atau kata kerja lampau merupakan kata kerja yang digunakan dalam bentuk kalimat Simple Past Tense dengan pola: (+) S + V2 + O/C. atau S+ was/were + O/C. (-) S+ did not + V1 + O/C. atau S+ was/were + not +O/C. (?) Did + S+ V1 + O/C? atau Was/were + S+ Complement? Berdasarkan penjelasan tersebut, berikut adalah past form verb pada teks: When I was seven years old, my mother gave a small wallet to keep my pocket-money in. I felt so happy and I put it in my hip pocket. One day, during break time in school, I discovered that my wallet was missing . I checked it but I could not find it. There was some money in the wallet and without it I could not but anything to eat. I was close to tears. It wasnot because of losing my precious wallet but because I might get a scolding from my parents. Anyhow I went hungry that day. At class I could notconcentrate well to study at all. I kept thinking about how I lost my wallet and what my parents would react . How was I going to explain the loss? I did not know whether someone had taken it from my pocket or it had merely fallen out. I hoped that someone would find it and return it to me. When I told my mother about my loss, she was angry. She told me that it would not happen if I was careful. When my father came home, I got another anger. He said so many words to me. Then he told me that there would not be any more wallets for me until I got older. Luckily, I still got pocket-money from my parents. I am glad to say that I never lost any money again. I had learned to be more careful. It is not pleasant to lose something and then scolded for losing it. Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah sebagaimana yang telah dijelaskan.