Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the ver...

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Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the verb in brackets!

is – tasted – felt – ate – looked - is not – opened – asked – turned – drank – invited – heard – saw – sat – met – is – turned  - are – went – had – talked – swam – needed - didn’t have – bought – went – watched – went - woke up – played – spent

Last holidays Jimmy and Paul ____ (1. go) camping in the mountain. They ____ (2. spend) a wonderful time there. They ____ (3. wake up) early in the morning and then they ____ (4. go) for walk. In the village they ____ (5. buy) everything they ____ (6. need).

In the afternoon they ____ (7. play) football, ____ (8. watch) the birds and ____ (9. swim) in the river. They ____ (10. not have) a TV set, so after dinner they ____ (11. talk) for a while and then they ____ (12. go) to sleep. One night, Jimmy ____ (13. have) a very strange dream: they ____ (14. be) by the river watching the moon. Suddenly they ____ (15. hear) someone calling "Hello! Hello!" They ____ (16. turn) around and they ____ (17. see) a strange creature. It ____ (18. be) green and very small. He ____ (19. invite) them to go to his spaceship. There they ____ (20. meet) other strange creatures and a beautiful princess. They ____ (21. sit) down round a table and they ____ (22. eat) some strange food. Jimmy ____ (23. drink) a glass of fruit juice. It ____ (24. taste) good so he ____ (25. ask) for another glass of it.

After a while he ____ (26. feel) a bit strange. Oh, dear ... he ____ (27. turn) green and small like others. The princess ____ (28. not be) beautiful anymore and she ____ (29. look) horrible. What was happening? He ____ (30. open) his eyes and ... what a relief! it ____ (31. be) only a dream!.

Number 9

H. R. · Accepted Answer

Jawaban yang benar adalah "swimming".

Perintah soal adalah "Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the verb in brackets!" yang artinya "Isilah bagian yang kosong dengan bentuk kata kerja yang tepat dalam tanda kurung!"

Tense yang dipakai dalam teks tersebut adalah Past Continuous Tense  karena menggambarkan kejadian di waktu spesifik di masa lalu yaitu "In the afternoon".

Past Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu aksi sedang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau.
 
Rumus Past Continuous Tense : 
(+) S + To be (was, were) + Verb (-ing) + O/C 
(-) S + To be (was, were) + not + Verb (-ing) + O/C 
(?) To be (was, were) + S + Verb (-ing) + O/C +?

Penggunaan to be "was/were" : 
- To be "was" digunakan pada subjek I, He, She, It, dan subjek tunggal (singular). 
- To be "were" digunakan pada subjek You, We, They, dan subjek jamak (plural).

Soal nomor 9:

"In the afternoon they were playing football, watching the birds and  ____ (9. swim) in the river." (Sore hari mereka bermain sepak bola, melihat burung dan ____ (9. berenang) di sungai.)

Bentuk kalimat tersebut adalah kalimat positif (+). Pada kalimat positif (+) Past Continuous Tense, verb (kata kerja) yang digunakan adalah verb -ing yaitu "swimming".

Kalimatnya menjadi "In the afternoon they were playing football, watching the birds and  swimming in the river." (Sore hari mereka bermain sepak bola, melihat burung dan berenang di sungai.)

Jadi, jawabannya adalah "swimming".

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