-past tense-

1. Once, there was a young lady.
2. The stories were short and funny.
3. The animals were afraid of the lion.
4. My sister was not ill yesterday.
5. Were two lions living in the forest?
6. There was a rich man in the village.
7. I was at home yesterday.
8. Were they sick?
9. We were not in the room two days ago.
10. You look tired. Was your homework difficult?

PENDAHULUAN

Simple past tense adalah kalimat untuk menyatakan peristiwa yang terjadi pada masa lalu tanpa keterangan waktu mutlak.

❰ pola kalimat ❱

kalimat verbal:

• (+) subject + verb 2 + O/C
• (-) subject + did + not + verb 1 + O/C
• (?) did + subject + verb 1 + O/C + ?

kalimat nominal:

• (+) subject + was/were + O/C
• (-) subject + was/were + not + O/C
• (?) was/were + subject + O/C + ?

❰ to be ❱

• was → untuk subjek tunggal (I/he/she/it)
• were → untuk subjek jamak (you/we/they)

PEMBAHASAN

Pada soal, diminta untuk menentukan to be yang benar. Berikut adalah penjelasan serta jawabannya.

Nomor 1

Once, there (was/were) a young lady.

• Subjek a young lady termasuk subjek tunggal.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwas.

➝ Once, there was a young lady.

Nomor 2

The stories (was/were) short and funny.

• Subjek the stories termasuk subjek jamak.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwere.

➝ The stories were short and funny.

Nomor 3

The animals (was/were) afraid of the lion

• Subjek the animals termasuk subjek jamak.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwere.

➝ The animals were afraid of the lion.

Nomor 4

My sister (was/were) not ill yesterday

• Subjek my sister termasuk subjek tunggal.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwas.

➝ My sister was not ill yesterday.

Nomor 5

(was/were) two lions living in the forest?

• Subjek two lions termasuk subjek jamak.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwere.

➝ Were two lions living in the forest?

Nomor 6

There (was/were) a rich man in the village

• Subjek a rich man termasuk subjek tunggal.
• To be yang digunakan adalah was.

➝ There was a rich man in the village.

Nomor 7

I (was/were) at home yesterday

• Subjek I termasuk subjek tunggal.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwas.

➝ I was at home yesterday.

Nomor 8

(was/were) they sick?

• Subjek they termasuk subjek jamak.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwere.

➝ Were they sick?

Nomor 9

We (was/were) not in the room two days ago

• Subjek we termasuk subjek jamak.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwere.

➝ We were not in the room two days ago.

Nomor 10

You look tired. (was/were) your homework difficult?

• Subjek your homework termasuk subjek tunggal.
• To beyang digunakan adalahwas.

➝ You look tired. Was your homework difficult?

KESIMPULAN

Jawaban per nomornya adalah:

1. Was
2. Were
3. Were
4. Was
5. Were
6. Was
7. Was
8. Were
9. Were
10. Was

PELAJARI LEBIH LANJUT

Materi simple past tense:

• yomemimo.com/tugas/50998328
• yomemimo.com/tugas/50993451
• yomemimo.com/tugas/50944183
• yomemimo.com/tugas/50935727
• yomemimo.com/tugas/22201951

DETAIL JAWABAN

♪ Kelas: IX

♪ Mapel: Bahasa Inggris

♪ Materi: Bab 5 – Past, Present, Future Tense

♪ Kode: 9.5.5

♪ Kata kunci: melengkapi kalimat, was, were, nominal sentence, past tense

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