Penggunaan Dan Pola Kalimat Was Were

3 years ago 8 min read

Penggunaan dan pola kalimat was were yaitu bahan kita hari ini. Mungkin pembaca bahasa Inggris online telah pada tau bahwa was dan were yakni bentuk ke dua dari verb be. Kita memakai was were dalam aneka macam macam bentuk kalimat dan yang paling banyak dikenali oleh banyak orang adalah was were digunakan dalam tenses simple past tense. Di bawah ini ialah beberapa penjelasan penggunaan was were dan pola kalimatnya.

Penggunaan Was Were	Contoh Kalimat Was were
Penggunaan was were dalam simple past tense.	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 kemudian. Pada acuan 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.
Penggunaan was were dalam past continuous tense	I was sleeping when Joe called me. Aku sedan tidur dikala Joe menelponku. They were playing cards when I came last night. Mereka sedang bermain kartu dikala aku tiba malam lalu. Dalam past continuous, kita memasukkan was atau were sebelum verb ing. Fungsi was were dalam kalimat ini adalah selaku kata kerja bantu.
Penggunaan was were dalam passive voice atau kalimat pasif simple past tense.	The car was washed yesterday. Mobil itu dicuci kemarin. My house is swept by Joe last night. Rumahku disapu oleh Joe malam kemudian.

Jika subject I/ she/ he/ it/ Riko/ Rina/ The boy/ The girl maka kita memakai was. Jika you/they/we/ Riko and Joe/The boys/the girls maka kita menggunakan were. Di bawah ini ada beberapa acuan 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.