Sebelumnya kita telah membahas Simple Past Tense menggunakan action verb. Namun apabila dalam kalimat tersebut tidak ada action verb, maka digantikan dengan to be (was/were).
Rumus: Subject + was/were + noun/adjective/adverb
Was dipakai untuk subjek tunggal, I, he, she, it.
Were dipakai untuk subjek plural, they, we, you.
Contoh kalimat:
She was shocked
He was an engineer
They were in Bali
We were the champion
It was very hot outside
The movie was very interesting
We were teammate
I was happy
We were at the same class
Kalimat negatif dibuat dengan menambahkan not setelah to be (was/were). Was not sering disingkat jadi wasn’t dan were not disingkat jadi weren’t.
Rumus: Subject + wasn’t/weren’t+ noun/adjective/adverb
Contoh:
I was not afraid to go there alone. (Aku tidak takut pergi ke sana sendirian.)
They were not my classmate. (Mereka bukan teman sekelasku.)
Kalimat tanya dibuat dengan memindahkan to be (was/ were) ke depan kalimat dan tambahkan tanda tanya di akhir kalimat.
Rumus: Was/were+ subject + noun/adjective/adverb
Contoh:
Were you at the library yesterday? (Apakah kamu ada di perpustakaan ke marin?)
Was she satisfied with the service? (Apakah dia puas dengan pelayanannya?)
Pembahasan selanjutnya: Simple Future tense
Complete with was or were
Write these sentences into question form.
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