Penggunaan Was dan Were Lengkap Contoh & Perbedaannya

Tentu! Berikut penjelasan lengkap tentang penggunaan was dan were, lengkap dengan contoh dan perbedaannya.

📘 Pengertian “Was” dan “Were”

Was dan were adalah bentuk lampau (past tense) dari to be. Kata kerja to be dalam bentuk lampau digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu keadaan, situasi, atau keberadaan di masa lalu.

Subject	To Be (Present)	To Be (Past)
I	am	was
You	are	were
He / She / It	is	was
We / They	are	were

🧠 Perbedaan “Was” dan “Were”

Kata	Digunakan untuk	Contoh Kalimat
Was	I, he, she, it (tunggal)	I was tired yesterday.
Were	You, we, they (jamak)	They were at the park last night.

📌 Contoh Penggunaan dalam Kalimat

✅ “Was” – untuk subjek tunggal:

1. I was at school this morning.
2. She was happy with the gift.
3. He was a great singer.
4. The cat was under the table.

✅ “Were” – untuk subjek jamak atau ‘you’:

1. We were on vacation last week.
2. They were late for the meeting.
3. You were my best friend.
4. The children were noisy yesterday.

❓ Penggunaan dalam Kalimat Negatif

• Was not / wasn’t
  Contoh: He wasn’t at the party.
• Were not / weren’t
  Contoh: They weren’t ready yet.

❓ Penggunaan dalam Kalimat Tanya (Interrogative)

• Was + subject…?
  Contoh: Was she sick yesterday?
• Were + subject…?
  Contoh: Were you at home last night?