They (watch) tv when the earthquake occurred.
Jawaban yang benar adalah “were watching”.
Soal meminta untuk melengkapi kalimat menggunakan bentuk kata kerja yang tepat dari kata kerja “watch”.
Arti dari kalimat soal yaitu, “Mereka _____ (menonton) tv saat gempa terjadi)”.
Berdasarkan kata “occured” (terjadi) yang merupakan bentuk kata kerja lampau (V2) maka diketahui bahwa kalimat terjadi di masa lampau (past).
Pada kalimat soal terdapat dua kegiatan yang terjadi, yaitu “menonton TV” dan “terjadi gempa”.
Tense yang biasa digunakan untuk menggambarkan dua kegiatan atau kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau secara bersamaan adalah Past Continous Tense dan Simple Past Tense.
Ketika hal ini terjadi, maka Past Continous Tense menggambarkan suatu situasi ‘latar belakang’ yang berdurasi lebih lama, dan Simple Past Tense menggambarkan suatu tindakan atau peristiwa.
Kegiatan pada soal yang menggambarkan suatu peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lampau adalah “terjadi gempa” (the earthquake occurred) maka situasi latar belakangnya adalah “menonton TV”.
Oleh karena itu, kata kerja “menonton” (watch) menggunakan pola Past Continuous Tense, yaitu S + to be (was/were) + V-ing + O.
– was : digunakan untuk subjek I, He, She, It, dan subjek tunggal.
– were : digunakan untuk subjek You, They, We, dan subjek jamak.
Subjek pada soal adalah “they”, maka menggunakan to be “were”. Kemudian, bentuk V-ing dari kata kerja “watch” adalah “watching”.
Dengan demikian, kalimat pada soal menjadi “They were watching TV when the earthquake occured” (Mereka sedang menonton TV ketika gempa terjadi).
Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah “were watching”.
Hope it helps. Happy learning! 🙂
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