Penggunaan dan contoh kalimat was
were adalah materi kita
hari ini. Mungkin pembaca bahasa Inggris online sudah pada tau bahwa was dan
were adalah bentuk ke dua dari verb be. Kita menggunakan was were dalam
berbagai macam bentuk kalimat dan yang paling banyak diketahui oleh banyak
orang adalah was were dipakai dalam tenses simple past tense. Di bawah ini adalah beberapa penjelasan penggunaan was were dan
contoh kalimatnya.
Penggunaan
Was Were
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Contoh
Kalimat Was were
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Penggunaan was were dalam simple past tense.
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I was sick yesterday. Saya sakit kemarin.
They were at home last night. Mereka di rumah
malam lalu.
We were late last Monday. Kami terlambat hari
senin lalu.
Pada contoh di atas,
sick dan late bukanlah kata kerja melainkan kata sifat atau adjective. At
home juga bukanlah kata kerja melainkan adverb. Maka dari itu, kita harus
menambahkan was atau were pada kalimat tersebut. Jika tidak memasukkan was
were maka kalimat itu salah.
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Penggunaan was were dalam past continuous tense
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I was sleeping when Joe called me. Aku
sedan tidur ketika Joe menelponku.
They were playing cards when I came last
night. Mereka sedang bermain kartu ketika aku datang malam lalu.
Dalam past
continuous, kita memasukkan was atau were sebelum verb ing. Fungsi was were
dalam kalimat ini adalah sebagai kata kerja bantu.
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Penggunaan was were
dalam passive voice atau kalimat pasif simple past tense.
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The car was washed
yesterday. Mobil itu dicuci kemarin.
My house is swept by Joe last night. Rumahku
disapu oleh Joe malam lalu.
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Jika subject I/ she/
he/ it/ Riko/ Rina/ The boy/ The girl maka kita menggunakan was. Jika
you/they/we/ Riko and Joe/The boys/the girls maka kita menggunakan were. Di bawah ini ada beberapa contoh lainnya untuk pembaca blog Bahasa Inggris Online :
I was sick yesterday.
I was not sick
yesterday.
Were you sick
yesterday? Yes, I was/No, I was not
They were cooking when
we watched TV.
They were not cooking
when we watched TV.
Were they cooking when
we watched TV?
The cars were washed
by my mother yesterday.
The cars were not
washed by my mother yesterday.
Were the cars were
washed by mother yesterday?
Where were you last
night? I was at home.
What were you doing
when I called you? I was sleeping.
What time was the car
washed yesterday? The car was washed at 10 yesterday.
REFERENCES:
1. was were
https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/was-were/ Accessed on January 15, 2018
2. Passive and active voice
https://clas.uiowa.edu/history/teaching-and-writing-center/grammar/passive-and-active-voice Accessed on January 15, 2018
3. Past Tense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_tense Accessed on January 15, 2018
