Do you know what ‘to be’ is? To be dalam Bahasa Inggris berfungsi sebagai kata kerja bantu(auxiliary verb). To be digunakan apabila di dalam suatu kalimat tidak terdapat kata kerja(verb). To be digunakan untuk kalimat nominal. Kalimat ini biasanya diikuti oleh kata benda(Noun), kata sifat(Adjective), dan kata keterangan(Adverb). To be juga digunakan dalam kalimat verbal present continuous tense. To be dalam Bahasa Inggris ini tergantung pada tenses, artinya bentuk to be akan berubah disesuaikan dengan bentuk waktunya. Dalam Bahasa Inggris pada prinsipnya terdapat 3 jenis yaitu Present, past dan future tenses yaitu bentuk sekarang, lampau dan yang akan datang.
*Bentuk to be dalam present tense:
Am, is are.
I
Subjek | To be |
I | Am |
You | Are |
We | Are |
They | Are |
He | Is |
She | Is |
It | is |
Contoh penggunaan to be dalam kalimat nominal(tanpa kata kerja)
1. I am a student of Siberuk Elementary School
2. You are happy
3. We are at the railway station
4. They are football players
5. He is handsome
6. She is vey kind
7. It is a cat
Contoh penggunaan to be dalam kalimat verbal(Present continuous/progressive tense)
1. Andika is sleeping.
2. We are playing badminton now.
3. The cat is eating fish.
* To be dalam bentuk present perfect/past perfect
Been
Contoh :
I have been at the market
She has been sad
Roni has been sleeping for two hours
*To be dalam bentuk past tense
Was, were
you, we dan they menggunakan to be were
I, he, she dan itmenggunakan to be was
Contoh baik dalam kalimat nominal maupun verbal:
I was sad yesterday
Father was angry last night
They were beautiful
You were at the market last Sunday
She was sleeping when I knocked the door
My grand mother and grand father were staying at home when I was out
* To be dalam bentuk future tense
Be
Contoh dalam kalimat nominal
She will be happy
We shall be very grateful
Mother will be here at nine
He would be there last nigt
I should be careful
He will be a doctor in the future
Contoh dalam kalimat verbal
Rina will be attending the meeting at eight tomorrow morning.
We would be visiting our grand ma at that time
*To be digunakan setelah modal yang tidak diikuti kata kerja:
Modal : can, could, may, might, must, should, dan lainnya
Contoh:
Dita can be a good student
We must be careful on the way
May be she is sleepy
I should be number one in the class.
*To be untuk kalimat perintah/imperative yang menggunakan kata sifat/adjective dan kata benda(noun)
Contoh:
Be a good boy
Be careful
Be the best
Be patient
