3 contoh simple past tense nominal dan verbal

Verbal
+ Gitta went to the hospital last week (S + V2 + O + Time signal)
- Gitta did not go to the hospital last week ( S + Did + Not + V1 + O + Time signal)
? Did Gitta go to the hospital last week? ( Did + S + V1 + O + Time signal + ? )

nominal
+ he was a student of SMP last year
- he was not a student of SMP last year
 ? was he a student of SMP last year?

note: was untuk he, she, I. were untuk they, we, you
         nominal lebih ke arah adjective (kata sifat) seperti clever, kind, handsome. sedangkan verbal ;ebih kearah verb (kata kerja) sebagai predikatnya seperti went, washed, sent dll