Masih dengan topik simple past tense yaa, pada post kali ini akan diulas mengenai penggunaan bentuk was/ were dalam simple past tense. Dalam sebuah kalimat Apabila predikat dalam kalimat berupa kata selain kata kerja, yaitu kata sifat ( adjective), kata benda ( Noun), dan kata keterangan ( adverb), maka harus menggunakan To BE ( Is, am, are, was, were) sebagai kata kerja bantunya. Dalam bentuk Simple Past Tense, kata kerja bantu yang digunakan adalah bentuk was/ were sedangkan untuk bentuk simple present, kata kerja bantu yang digunakan adalah bentuk is/ am/ are.
Baik, untuk membedakan penggunaan keduanya, berikut beberapa contoh kalimat yang bisa membantu,
- I am not at home now but I was at home last night. (Saya tidak berada di rumah sekarang tetapi tadi malam saya berada di rumah)
- The weather is not good today but yesterday it was good. (Cuacanya kurang baik hari ini tetapi kemarin cuacanya bagus)
- Bram is late now but yesterday he was not late. (Bram terlambat sekarang tetapi kemarin dia tidak terlambat)
- She was at the station last night to wait for her son.
- The weather was not good last night.
- Were you at home yesterday?
was
were
2. You … at home last night. Where were you?
were
were not
3. ‘Your shoes are new. … they expensive?
They were not too expensive. I got discount from Flash Sale program.
are
were
4. The students … at the library twenty minutes ago.
was
were
5. Mr. Yudha … exhausted last night so He comes late to the office now.
is
was
6. I … in Bali at this time last year.
am
was
7. I wanted to be a soldier when I … a child.
was
were
8. I … very hungry last night so I asked my mother to make fried rice.
am
was
9. Arya and Dina … at the cinema last night. They watched Jumanji.
was
were
10. Where … the children? I would give them some money.
was
were
11. Last year she … 31, so she … 32 now.
is, was
was, is
12. I … ill last night but now I feel better.
was
were
13. When I was a child I … afraid of clown.
was
were
14. ‘Where is my handphone?’
‘I don’t know. It … on the table but it is not there now.’
is
was
15. ‘Why … you angry yesterday?’
‘Because my sister broke my notebook’
was
were
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Demikian Soal penggunaan bentuk kata kerja bantu was dan were dalam Simpla Past Tense. Semoga latihan ini bisa membantu sahabat Ahzaa yang sedang mempelajari materi ini. Jangan lupa share bila bermanfaat.
