Penggunaan Simple Past To Be: Was dan Were dalam Bahasa Inggris

By Atika Mayasari, Minggu, 10 April 2022 | 11:00 WIB
Was dan were adalah kata kerja (verbs) pada kalimat masa lampau atau (simple past tense). (piqsels)

Sedangkan kata kerja bantu (to be) were untuk subjek you, we dan they.

Kata kerja bantu was dan were untuk membicarakan keadaan dan situasi di masa lalu.

1. Kalimat Positif

Contoh kalimat positif yang menggunakan was dan were, yaitu:

I was at my gran's house yesterday. (Saya berada di rumah nenek saya kemarin.)

She was with her friends last Saturday. (Dia bersama teman-temannya Sabtu lalu.)

We were happy yesterday. (Kami merasa senang kemarin.)

"Was digunakan untuk subjek I, he, she, dan it, sedangkan were untuk subjek you, we dan they."

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I was hungry this morning. (Aku lapar pagi ini.)

You were in the garden yesterday. (Kamu berada di taman kemarin.)

They were at the beach last weekend. (Mereka berada di pantai akhir pekan lalu.)