MEETING 3

VERB BE
Verb be dalam bahasa Inggris adalah: is, am, was, were, been dan be. Untuk lebih jelasnya,
anda dapat membaca tabel berikut ini:
VERB BE
SUBJECT
PRESENT PAST PERFECT AUXILIARIES
I am was
you
we are were will/shall/may/
have/has/had +
they might/can/could +
been
he be
she is was
it
Berdasarkan tabel tersebut maka kita dapat menyimpulkan bahwa verb be terdiri dari:
1. Be (modal auxiliaries)
2. is, am, are (present tense)
3. was, were (past tense)
4. been (perfect tense)

FUNGSI VERB BE
Verb be memiliki 5 fungsi:
1. menghubungkan kata sifat (adjective): Anna is clever.
2. menghubungkan artikel + benda (article noun) atau
benda saja (noun): Tony is a teacher.
3. menghubungkan kata depan (proposition): The book is on the table.
4. menghubungkan kata kerja + ing (progressive/continuous verb): Sinta is
swimming.
5. menghubungkan kata kerja bentuk ketiga (past participle verb ) untuk membentuk
kalimat pasif (a passive voice): The television was repaired.
Untuk membuat kalimat negatif (NEGATIVE SENTENCE) pada VER BE, kita hanya perlu
meletakan NOT setelah IS, AM, ARE, WAS, dan WERE. Untuk BEEN dan BE yang didahu-
lui oleh HAVE/HAS/HAD dan AUXILIARIES before BEEN and BE, maka kata NOT harus
diletakan setelah HAVE/HAS/HAD dan AUXILIARIES
contoh:
- I am not a student
- She wasn’t lazy.
- They are not in the hospital.
- Jim is not reading a book.
- It wasn’t raining yesterday.
- We weren’t watching TV at 7pm last night.
- She has not been in Japan for 20 years.
- My brother cannot swim.
mightn’t
VERB BE + NOT dapat disingkat seperti berikut ini.
- is not : isn’t
- are not : aren’t
- was not : wasn’t
- were not : weren’t

Untuk BE and BEEN, singkatannya dapat ditulis pada kata HAVE/HAS/HAD or the
AUXILIARIES seperti berikut ini:
- haven’t, hasn’t, hadn’t, will not (won’t), shall not (shan’t), can’t, couldn’t, mayn’t

Untuk membuat kalimat tanya (INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE) dengan

menggunakan VER BE, letakan IS, AM, ARE, WAS, dan WERE diawal kalimat seperti
berikut ini:
- Are you a student?
- Was she lazy?
- Are they in the hospital?
- Was it raining yesterday?
- Were we watching TV at 7 pm last night?

Untuk BEEN dan BE kata tanya dimulai oleh HAVE/HAS/HAD dan AUXILIARIES seperti
berikut ini:
- Has she been in Japan for 20 years?
- Can you be quiet for a few minutes?
- Will I be strong after I eat that vitamin?

Untuk menjawab pertanyaan VERB BE (is, am, are) atau pertanyaan yang dimulai oleh
HAVE/HAS/HAD dan AUXILIARIES kita menggunakan jawaban YES atau No dengan
menggunakan formula berikut ini:
YES, + subject + to be/have/has/had/auxiliaries.
NO, + subject + to be/have/has/had/auxiliaries + not.
contohnya seperti berikut ini:
- Are you a student? Yes, I am. / No, I am not.
- Was she lazy? Yes, she was. / No, she was not/wasn’t.
- Are they in the hospital? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
- Is Jim reading a book? Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t
- Was it raining yesterday? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.
- Were we watching TV at 7 pm last night? Yes, we were/ No, we weren’t.
- Has she been in Japan for 20 years? Yes, she has. ? No, she hasn’t.
- Can your brother swim? Yes, he can. / No, he can’t.