GridKids.id - Penggunaan was dan were dalam bahasa Inggris adalah bentuk lampau atau disebut dengan past tense.
Lalu, apakah kamu tahu cara penggunaannya?
Penggunaan Was
Was adalah to be yang digunakan pada subject I, he, she, dan it. Was juga memiliki bentuk past sehingga digunakan untuk simple past tense dan past continuous tense.
Ini adalah contoh penggunaannya:
Simple past tense:
Kalimat positif: Subject (I/he/she/it) + was + nominal
Kalimat negatif: Subject (I/he/she/it) + was + not + nominal
Kalimat tanya: Was + Subject (I/he/she/it) + nominal
Past continuous tense:
Kalimat positif: Subject (I/he/she/it) + was + verb-ing
Baca Juga: Apa Itu Modals Passive? Ini Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimatnya
Kalimat negatif: Subject (I/he/she/it) + was + not + verb-ing
Kalimat tanya: Was + Subject (I/he/she/it) + verb-ing
Contoh kalimat menggunakan simple past tense:
Rina was smart when she studied in school.
Rina was not smart when she studied in school.
Was Rina smart when she studied in school?
Contoh kalimat past continuous tense:
I was sleeping when you got home late last night.
I wasn't sleeping when you got home last night.
Was I sleeping when you got home last night?
Penggunaan Were
Baca Juga: Mengenal Jenis-Jenis Tenses yang Umum Digunakan dalam Bahasa Inggris
Kata were merupakan to be yang digunakan pada subject ypu, we, they, dan benda berjumlah jamak atau plural.
Were juga memiliki bentuk past, sehingga hanya akan digunakan untuk simple past tense dan past continuous tense.
Berikut penggunaannya:
Simple past tense
Kalimat positif: Subject (you/we/they) + were + nominal
Kalimat negatif: Subject (you/we/they) + were + not + nominal
Kalimat tanya: Were + Subject (you/we/they) + nominal
Past continuous tense
Kalimat positif: Subject (you/we/they) + were + verb-ing
Kalimat negatif: Subject (you/we/they) + were + not + verb-ing
Kalimat tanya: Were + Subject (you/we/they) + verb-ing
Baca Juga: Simple Past Future Tense: Rumus, Contoh Kalimat dan Terjemahan
Contoh kalimat simple past tense:
You were pretty when we first met.
You weren't pretty when we first met.
Were you pretty when we first met?
Contoh kalimat past continuous tense:
Me and Nayla were making cookies when she came.
Me and nayla were not making cookies when she came.
Were me and Nayla making cookies when she came?
Nah, itu dia penjelasan tentang penggunaan to be was dan were yang menggunakan bentuk lampau atau past tense.
(Penulis: Serafica Gischa)
-----
Ayo kunjungi adjar.id dan baca artikel-artikel pelajaran untuk menunjang kegiatan belajar dan menambah pengetahuanmu. Makin pintar belajar ditemani adjar.id, dunia pelajaran anak Indonesia.
Source | : | Kompas.com |
Penulis | : | Heni Widiastuti |
Editor | : | Danastri Putri |
Komentar