Pak, minta penjelasan tentang penggunaan was dan were!

Kalau subject-nya I, you, we, they, she, he, it, yang cocok untuk was apa aja dan untuk were apa aja?

thank you.

Dedy. K

ANSWER:

WAS digunakan jika subjectnya I, he, she, it (dan juga noun yang dapat digantikan dengan he, she atau it), sedangkan WERE digunakan jika subjectnya you, they, we (serta noun yang dapat digantikan dengan they atau we). Kedua be ini dapat digunakan dalam:

1. Simple Past tense, kalau kalimatnya tidak menggunakan verb.

Contoh:

  1. I was very happy when I met her.
  2. Amir and Budi were absent yesterday.
  3. Amir was sick while Budi was overslept.
  4. Were you mad at me?
  5. He was not with her last night

2. Simple past tense, kalau kalimatnya menggunakan semi modal auxiliary seperti be able to, be capable of, be get used to, be supposed to, dst.

Contoh:

  1. He was able to solve the problem.
  2. They were capable of defeating their fear.
  3. I was getting used to the cold weather when the first winter arrived.
  4. My little brother was supposed to study for the exam but he watched TV instead.

3. Past continuous tense.

Contoh:

  1. She was crying when I saw her.
  2. We were studying when Amir came.
  3. They were playing football at 4 p.m. yesterday.
  4. I saw Budi’s car. It was heading north.

4. Past future tense.

Contoh:

  1. I was going to meet him yesterday but I didn’t because of rain.
  2. They were going to come to my house this morning, but for some reasons they didn’t come.
  3. He was going to marry her but he didn’t because his parents rejected her.

5. Past future continuous.

Contoh:

  1. She told me that she was going to be studying at 8 last night.
  2. Amir said that he was going to be watching the Barcelona vs Arsenal game at 3 this morning.
  3. They told me that they were going to be playing football at 3 p.m. yesterday.

Selain itu, was dan were juga digunakan pada kalimat pasif yang menggunakan ke empat tensis di atas.

1. Simple Past tense.

Polanya sbb:

S + WAS/WERE + VERB3 …

Contoh:

  1. The study was conducted from January to December last year.
  2. The chairs were moved to the storage room this morning.
  3. He was kissed by his girlfriend.
  4. She was given another opportunity.
  5. We were invited by Budi.
  6. Were you invited by Budi?
  7. No, I wasn’t invited by Budi.

2. Past continuous tense.

Polanya sbb:

S + WAS/WERE + BEING + VERB3 …

Contoh:

  1. The laptop was still being fixed when I got there.
  2. They were being interrogated by the school principal.
  3. She was being kept in the room by the kidnappers when the police found her.

3. Past future tense.

Polanya sbb:

S + WAS/WERE GOING TO BE + VERB3 …

Contoh:

  1. My friend told me that you were going to be given a nice present.
  2. The reporter said that the psychopath was going to be executed soon.

4. Past future continuous.

Polanya sbb:

S + WAS/WERE GOING TO BE + BEING + VERB3 …

Contoh:

  1. The tables were going to be being moved at noon.
  2. Maria said that my favorite song was going to be being sung when I arrived.

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