“To be” Simple Past Tense (was, were)

 

Simple past tense digunakan untuk fakta-fakta dan peristiwa-peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lampau. Contoh:

• 
  I was with my grandmother yesterday.
  
  


• 
  They were at home last week.
  
  

Kata kerja “to be” untuk simple past tense adalah bentuk lampau dari “to be” am, is, are, yakni sebagai berikut.

Tunggal  I was  You were  He was  She was  It was

Jamak  We were  You were  They were

 

Beberapa contoh kalimat simple past tense dengan kata kerja “to be”:

• 
  I was happy yesterday
  
  


• 
  We were teachers for 20 years
  
  


• 
  There was a lot of rain yesterday
  
  

 

Kalimat-kalimat simple past tense selalu terkait dengan waktu tertentu yang dinyatakan atau tidak dinyatakan. Contoh:

• 
  I was really busy yesterday. (Waktu dalam kalimat ini dinyatakan)
  
  


• 
  I was really busy. (Waktu dalam kalimat ini tidak dinyatakan, tetapi dalam sebuah percakapan waktu yang dimaksud dapat dimengerti).
  
  

 

“To be” negatif

 

Kalimat negatif simple past tense dibuat dengan menambahkan not setelah kata kerja “to be”. Contoh:

• 
  It was not sunny yesterday
  
  


• 
  They were not in the library
  
  

 

Kita sering menyingkat “to be” negatif khususnya dalam bahasa lisan:

• 
  She was not hungry -> She wasn’t hungry
  
  


• 
  They were not abroad last year -> They weren’t abroad last year.
  
  

 

“To be” bertanya

 

Pertanyaan dibuat dengan menukar posisi subjek dan kata kerja “to be”. Contoh:

• 
  He was a teacher
  
  


• 
  Was he a teacher?
  
  

• We were happy to see your family.
  


• 
  Were you happy to see my family?