Apa itu Was/Were, Kapan digunakan???

Apa itu Was dan Were dan kapan digunakan

Masih ingat postingan tentang “To be” ??? pembahasan kita kali ini masih ada kaitannya dengan ”To be (am,are,is)".
BACA JUGA : PENGGUNAAN TO BE
Sekarang mari kita lihat tabel berikut :

Present Form (To Be)	Past Form (lampau)
am	Was
is	Was
are	Were

Berdasarkan tabel jelas terlihat bahwa was dan were adalah bentuk past (lampau) dari present (to be).

Karena was/were adalah lampau maka keterangan waktu / Adverb of time yang digunakan yang sudah berlalu, contohnya:

·         Yesterday                   =    kemarin

·         Ago :

A day ago                  =    sehari yang lalu

Two days ago            =    dua hari yang lalu

Three days ago         =    tiga hari yang lalu

, , , , , , , , , , ago       =   

·         Last:

Last month           =    bulan lalu

Last year              =    tahun lalu

Last week            =    minggu lalu

Last ,,,,,,,,,           =   

Sekarang untuk lebih jelasnya mari kita buat contoh

Present Form (to be )		Past Form
A.   Positive Sentence		A. Positive Sentence
Pola : S + To be (am,are,is) + Predikat		Pola : S + was/were + predikat
Example :		Example :
1.	I am in the garden	1.	I was in the garden
2.	You are busy	2.	You were busy
3.	She is beautiful	3.	She was beautiful
4.	It is a food	4.	It was a food
5.	We are little girls	5.	We were little girls

Present Form (to be )		Past Form
B.  Negative  Sentence		B. Negative  Sentence
Pola : S + To be (am,are,is) + not + Predikat		Pola : S + was/were + not + predikat
Example :		Example :
1.	I am not in the garden	1.	I was not in the garden
2.	You are not busy	2.	You were not busy
3.	She is not beautiful	3.	She was not beautiful
4.	It is not a food	4.	It was not a food
5.	We are not little girls	5.	We were not little girls

Present Form (to be )		Past Form
C.    Interrogative  Sentence		C. Interrogative Sentence
Pola : To be (am,are,is) + S + Predikat + ?		Pola : was/were + S + predikat + ?
Example :		Example :
1.	Am I in the garden ? yes, you are/no, you are not	1.	Was I in the garden ? yes, you were/ no, you were not
2.	Are you busy? Yes, I am/ no, I am not	2.	Were you busy ? yes, I was/no, I was not
3.	Is she beautiful ? yes, she is/ no, she is not	3.	Was she beautiful ? Yes, she was/ no, she was not
4.	Is it a food ? yes, it is/no, it is not	4.	Was it a food ? yes, it was/ no, it was not
5.	Are we little girls ? yes, we are/ no, we are not	5.	Were we little girls ? yes, we were/ no, we were not

Contoh di tabel tidak menggunakan kata keterangan waktu. Kata keterangan waktu bisa ditambahkan pada akhir kalimat, tapi dengan penggunaan was/were sudah menandakan bahwa kalimat tersebut adalah lampau atau sudah terjadi. Untuk lebih jelasnya kapan kejadian tersebut terjadi sebaiknya menggunakan kata keterangan waktu/Adverb of time

Sekian postingan tentang was dan were, semoga bermanfaat. Terimakasih buat yang sudah berkunjung.  Salam bagi bagi ilmu.