Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the verb in brackets! 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 a 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 around 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 the 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 11

Question

Jawaban yang benar adalah 'were talking'.

Soal menanyakan kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi rumpang no 11 pada teks.

Secara umum, teks tersebut berpola kalimat Simple Past Tense karena terdapat penanda waktu 'Last holiday' di awal paragraf.

Kalimat soal "... so after dinner they (11) (talk) for a while and ...." memiliki penanda waktu yang lebih spesifik yaitu 'after dinner'. Sehingga, pola yang lebih tepat digunakan adalah pola kalimat Past Continuous Tense yang fungsinya adalah untuk menggambarkan kegiatan yang sedang terjadi di masa lalu di waktu yang lebih spesifik.

Pola kalimat Past Continuous Tense adalah S + was/were + V-ing + O/C.

To be was digunakan untuk subjek I, she, he, dan it.

To be were digunakan untuk subjek you, they, dan we.

Subjek pada kalimat rumpang adalah 'they'. Maka, to be yang tepat adalah were. Kata kerja 'talk' menjadi 'talking'. Sehingga kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "... so after dinner they were talking for a while and ...."

Dengan demikian, jawaban yang benar adalah "were talking'.

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