Penggunaan was dan were
Was dan were merupakan auxilary verbs yang biasa digunakan dalam tenses bentuk lampau maupun dalam bentuk past tense. Was dan were biasanya diikuti dengan kata kerja yang berakhiran dengan -ing maupun kata kerja lampau dengan akhiran -ed jika kata kerja tersebut beraturan ataupun perubahan bunyi apabila kata kerja tersebut tidak beraturan, misalnya kata kerja speak maupun sing yang berubah menjadi spoke, maupun sung jika diubah dalam bentuk lampau. Was biasanya digunakan untuk subjek i, he, she, it. Sedangkan were digunakan untuk subjek seperti misalnya you, we, dan they.
Rumus yang berlaku untuk kalimat positif, negative dan interrogative adalah sebagai berikut :
| Kalimat positif : S+was/were+Verb+O/C(Object/Compliment) Kalimat negative : S+was/were+Verb+O/C(Object/Compliment) Kalimat interrogative : was/were+S+Verb+O/C(Object/Compliment) |
Untuk lebih jelasnya, mari kita perhatikan contoh dibawah ini,
Positif
- I was reading.
Aku membaca.
- They were playing football.
Mereka bermain sepakbola.
- They were studying for the test.
Mereka belajar untuk test.
- Rizal was optimistic about the result of his test.
Rizal optimis tentang hasil testnya.
- Rima and ani are going to library this morning.
Rima dan ani pergi ke perpustakaan pagi ini.
- She was singing in raya’s birthday party.
Dia bernyanyi di pesta ulang tahun raya.
- Gilang was painting the picture about horse.
Gilang melukis tentang kuda.
- She was cooking for the lunch.
Dia memasak untuk makan siang.
- That little girl was crying because she want beautiful dress.
Gadis kecil itu menangis karena ingin gaun yang indah.
- Surya was eating cake in the cafetaria.
Surya makan roti di kantin.
- He was swimming in swimming pool.
Dia berenang di kolam renang.
- They were studying historya bout pangeran diponegoro.
Mereka belajar sejarah tentang pangeran diponegoro.
- It was reading by us.
Buku ini telah dibaca oleh kami.
- martha was catching the fish in the river.
Martha telah menangkap ikan di sungai.
- They were dancing serimpi dance in that festival last night.
Mereka telah menari serimpi di festival tersebut kemarin malam.
- It was bringing by julian, when you forget to bringing it back.
Ini telah dibawa oleh Julian, ketika kamu lupa membawanya pulang.
- The boy was punished by police.
Pria itu dihukum oleh polisi.
- I was buying this coat in the market yesterday.
Aku membeli mantel ini di pasar kemarin.
- We were selling this cakes in the bazzar and we can sell it all.
Kami menjual kue ini di bazaar dan kami dapat menjual semuanya.
- We were watching spongebob cartoon in the television and we laughing together.
Kami menonton kartun spongebob di televisi dan kami tertawa bersama.
- I was calling joni to come to my house.
Aku menelepon joni agar dia datang ke rumahku.
- Rudi and nia were walking when they go to school this morning.
Rudi dan nia telah berjalan sampai ke sekolah pagi ini.
- They were wearing the same uniform every day.
Mereka memakai seragam yang sama setiap harinya.
- The gift was giving by her boyfriend to celebrate their anniversary of love.
Hadiah tersebut diberikan oleh kekasihnya untuk merayakan hari jadian mereka.
- This was an accident.
Ini hanyalah kecelakaan.
- I was waiting only for you.
Aku telah menunggu hanya untukmu seorang.
- The boy was angry because his younger brother broke his handphone.
Pria itu marah karena adik lelakinya merusakkan handphonenya.
Negatif :
- I was not tired this morning.
Aku tidak capek pagi ini.
- He was not famous now.
Dia tidak terkenal sekarang.
- We were not invited to their birthday party.
Kami tidak diundang ke pesta mereka.
- It was not borrowed by martha.
Barang ini tidak dipinjam oleh Martha.
- He was not going to the cinema alone.
Dia tidak pergi ke bioskop sendirian.
- They were not ate noodle in the caffetaria this evening.
Mereka tidak makan mie di kantin siang ini.
- We were not drunk water in the restaurant.
Kami tidak minum air di restaurant.
- I was not read this novel for twice.
Aku tidak membaca novel ini untuk yang kedua kalinya.
- she was not wrote diary in her book.
Dia tidak menulis kisahnya di buku hariannya.
- He was not dance in the floor.
Dia tidak menari di lantai.
- It was not take to their home.
Barang ini tidak diambil dari rumah.
- We were not sing in the karaoke room.
Kami tidak menyanyi di ruang karaoke.
- He was not parking in that place.
Dia tidak memarkir kendaraannya di tempat tersebut.
- I was not run to go to school, because i’m late.
Aku tidak berlari menuju ke sekolah, karena aku sudah terlanjur terlambat.
- My friend was not stir the sugar.
Temanku tidak mengaduk gulanya.
- My grandmother was not swept the dirty floor because she was tired.
Nenekku tidak menyapu lantai yang kotor karena dia sedang capek.
- Her brother was not walk in the street alone.
Saudaranya sedang tidak berjalan di jalan sendirian.
- They were not watch television about food and culinary.
Mereka tidak menonton televisi tentang makanan dan kuliner.
- The cow was not eating the meat.
Sapi tersebut tidak memakan daging tersebut.
- The bird was not sing this morning.
Burung tersebut tidak berkicau pagi ini.
- I was not open the instagram account.
Aku tidak membuka akun instagram.
- He and his father were not back to the home today.
Dia dan ayahnya tidak kembali ke rumah hari ini.
- The singer was not moving slowly when she was singing.
Penyanyi tersebut tidak berpindah dengan lambat ketika dia sedang bernyanyi.
- I was not slept at 10 pm.
Aku tidak tertidur jam 10 malam.
- We were not used this make up, because this make up is expired.
Kami tidak memakai make up, karena make upnya telah kadaluwarsa.
- This radio was not repair fast.
Radio ini tidak diperbaiki dengan cepat.
- Mega was not catch the fish in the river.
Mega tidak menangkap ikan di sungai.
Interogative.
- Was i late ?
Apakah aku terlambat ?
- Was she from germany ?
Apakah dia berasal dari jerman ?
- Were they busy ?
Apakah mereka sibuk ?
- Were they going to the cinema ?
Apakah mereka pergi ke bioskop ?
- Was you wash the clothes ?
Apakah kamu mencuci pakaianmu ?
- Was he clean his car this morning?
Apakah dia mencuci mobilnya pagi ini ?
- Was she call her boyfriend yesterday ?
Apakah dia menelpon kekasihnya kemarin ?
- Were they take the pictures together ?
Apakah mereka mengambil photo bersama ?
- Was she delete her memories with you ?
Apakah dia sudah menghapus kenangannya denganmu ?
- Were they playing football now ?
Dimana mereka bermain sepak bola sekarang ?
- Was you give your brother this bicycle ?
Apakah kamu memberikan kepada saudara lelakimu sepeda ini ?
- Were they wearing the same coat, may be they were couple ?
Apakah mereka memakai jas yang sama, mungkin mereka adalah pasangan ?
- Was he closed the door before he left ?
Apakah dia menutup pintunya sebelum dia pergi ?
- Was the bag stole by the thieves ?
Apakah tas tersebut telah dicuri oleh pencuri ?
- Were they buy a red shoes ?
Apakah mereka telah membeli sepatu warna merah ?
- Were they married this month ?
Apakah mereka akan menikah bulan ini ?
- Were mona wear the blue dress?
Kapan mona akan memakai gaun biru ini ?
- Was the dress wash by rumi ?
Apakah gaun ini dicuci oleh rumi ?
- Was your brother paint this painting ?
Apakah saudara lelakimu melukis lukisan ini ?
- Were they speak with foreigner ?
Kapan mereka berbicara dengan orang asing tersebut ?
- Were they sell the books in a bazzaar ?
Kapan mereka menjual buku-buku tersebut ke bazzar ?
- Were you and your friend go to the zoo together ?
Kapan kamu dan juga temanmu pergi ke kebun binatang bersama ?
- Was he cut his hair ?
Kapan dia memotong rambutnya ?
- Was the cat run to catch the mouse ?
Kapan kucing itu mengejar tikus tersebut ?
- Were they sing along to waste a time ?
Kapan mereka bernyanyi bersama untuk menghabiskan waktu ?
- Was she wear the glasses ?
Apakah dia memakai kacamata ?
- Was you chew the bubble gum ?
Apakah kamu mengunyah permen karet ?
Jadi, demikianlah beberapa contoh tentang penggunaan was dan were dalam kalimat. Semoga dapat menambah pengetahuan anda. Terima kasih.