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Latihan Soal Penggunaan Bentuk Was/ Were dalam Simple Past Tense

Latihan Soal Penggunaan Bentuk Was/ Were dalam Simple Past Tense

Masih dengan topik simple past tense yaa, pada post kali ini akan diulas mengenai penggunaan bentuk was/ were dalam simple past tense. Dalam sebuah kalimat Apabila predikat dalam kalimat berupa kata selain kata kerja, yaitu kata sifat ( adjective), kata benda ( Noun), dan kata keterangan ( adverb), maka harus menggunakan To BE ( Is, am, are, was, were) sebagai kata kerja bantunya. Dalam bentuk Simple Past Tense, kata kerja bantu yang digunakan adalah bentuk was/ were sedangkan untuk bentuk simple present, kata kerja bantu yang digunakan adalah bentuk is/ am/ are. 

Baik, untuk membedakan penggunaan keduanya, berikut beberapa contoh kalimat yang bisa membantu,

  • I am not at home now but I was at home last night. (Saya tidak berada di rumah sekarang tetapi tadi malam saya berada di rumah)
  • The weather is not good today but yesterday it was good.  (Cuacanya kurang baik hari ini tetapi kemarin cuacanya bagus)
  • Bram is late now but yesterday he was not late. (Bram terlambat sekarang tetapi kemarin dia tidak terlambat)
Untuk pembentukan kalimat positif, subject diletakkan sebelum kata kerja bantu was/ were baru diikuti oleh bentuk adjective, adverb atau noun.  Sedangkan untuk kalimat negatif, hanya tambahkan saja not dibelakang dari bentuk was/ were. Untuk kalimat tanya, was/ were diletakkan di depan kalimat sebelum subject. 
Contoh :
  • She was at the station last night to wait for her son.
  • The weather was not good last night.
  • Were you at home yesterday?
Kata kerja bantu was digunakan untuk subject : I, he, she,it dan kata bantu were digunakan untuk subject : you, we, they

Baik untuk lebih memudahkan pemahaman, berikut latihan soal bentuk was dan were yang bisa dicoba untuk dikerjakan. 

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1. The weather is nice today but yesterday it ... very cold.
was
were

2. You ... at home last night. Where were you?
were
were not

3. 'Your shoes are new. ... they expensive?
They were not too expensive. I got discount from Flash Sale program.
are
were

4. The students ... at the library twenty minutes ago.
was
were

5. Mr. Yudha ... exhausted last night so He comes late to the office now.
is
was

6. I ... in Bali at this time last year.
am
was

7. I wanted to be a soldier when I ... a child.
was
were

8. I ... very hungry last night so I asked my mother to make fried rice.
am
was

9. Arya and Dina ... at the cinema last night. They watched Jumanji.
was
were

10. Where ... the children? I would give them some money.
was
were

11. Last year she ... 31, so she ... 32 now.
is, was
was, is

12. I ... ill last night but now I feel better.
was
were

13. When I was a child I ... afraid of clown.
was
were

14. 'Where is my handphone?'
'I don't know. It ... on the table but it is not there now.'
is
was

15. 'Why ... you angry yesterday?'
'Because my sister broke my notebook'
was
were

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Demikian Latihan Soal penggunaan bentuk kata kerja bantu was dan were dalam Simpla Past Tense. Semoga latihan ini bisa membantu sahabat Ahzaa yang sedang mempelajari materi ini. Jangan lupa share bila bermanfaat.

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Latihan Soal Bentuk Simple Past Tense dalam Recount Text Bahasa Inggris SMP

Latihan Soal Bentuk Simple Past Tense dalam Recount Text Bahasa Inggris SMP

Teks recount merupakan teks yang menceritakan kembali tentang kejadian-kejadian atau pengalaman yang terjadi di waktu lampau baik secara tertulis maupun lisan. Tujuan recount teks bergantung akan tujuan orang yang menceritakan kejadian tersebut. Beberapa memiliki tujuan untuk menceritakan kejadian yang telah lalu (retelling past events) sementara yang lain bertujuan  untuk menghibur pembaca akan kejadian yang telah terjadi. 

Teks recount dibagi menjadi tiga jenis yaitu personal recount, yang menceritakan tentang pengalaman pribadi. Contoh dari jenis teks ini adalah  diari, biografi. Kedua, jenis factual recount, yaitu teks recount yang berisi laporan kejadian yang benar-benar terjadi, contohnya adalah jurnal. Ketiga, imaginative recount, yaitu teks recount berisi kejadian yang dibuat-buat atau fiksi. 

Salah satu ciri- ciri dalam teks recount yaitu memiliki generic structure antara lain:
  • Orientation, memberikan informasi tentang latar cerita yaitu siapa saja yang terlibat dalam cerita, kapan peristiwa terjadi, di mana peristiwa terjadi, dan apa yang terjadi pada waktu itu.
  • Events, rangkaian urutan peristiwa yang terjadi secara kronologis (sesuai urutan waktu).
  • Reorientation, penutup cerita atau akhir cerita. Penutup cerita dapat berupa komentar pribadi tentang kejadian yang diceritakan.

Sedangkan ciri- ciri lainnya, teks recount memiliki unsur kebahasaan atau fitur bahasa yang digunakan yaitu :

  • Bentuk past tense karena peristiwa cerita terjadi di waktu lampau;
  • Personal participant, seperti I, my group, etc;
  • Action verbs (material processes), seperti look, go, change, etc.;
  • Linking verb, seperti was, were, saw, heard, etc.
  • Kata sifat atau keterangan untuk merinci orang, binatang, tempat
  • atau tindakan (action); dan
  • Conjunction dan time connectives yang berkenaan dengan waktu, seperti then, first, etc.
Ciri- ciri kebahasaan teks recount yang paling menonjol adalah bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan yaitu kata kerja bentuk past tense (verb II). Berkaitan dengan bentuk simple past tense, tentunya sahabat Ahzaa sudah memahami pembentukannya ya, silahkan dilihat pada post sebelumnya yaitu tentang Latihan Soal bentuk Simple Past Tense , klik pada tautan link tersebut untuk mendalaminya. 

Pada post ini akan saya tautkan materi simple past tense  melalui soal- soal reading recount text.  soal berbentuk tes rumpang pada teks recount. Nah, langsung saja berikut latihan soal- soalnya,

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Text 1
Last year, I ... (1) to a dance party. In the middle of the party, I ... (2) a guy that I had a crush on. To ... (3) his attention, I went to the stage and started to dance with my friends. It ... (4) my first dance and I was so busy dancing that I ... (5) attention to anything else. I didn’t realize that I got too close to the rim of the stage. Suddenly, I ... (6) and fell of the stage. The music ... (7) for a while and everyone ... (8), including the guy that I had a crush on. I felt so stupid. It was a dance party that I would never forget.

1.
went
visited

2.
had
saw

3.
get
got

4.
was not
was

5.
paid
didn't pay

6.
walked
tripped

7.
continued
stopped

8.
laughed
kept dancing

Text 2
Steven Paul Jobs ... (9) on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California. He ... (10) Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but ... (11) after only one semester, staying on to "drop in" on courses that interested him.
He ... (12) a job with video game manufacturer Atari to raise enough money for a trip to India. Then he ... (13) back in Cupertino and ... (14) his old friend Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was building his own computer and in 1976 Jobs ... (15) 50 of the as-yet unmade computers to a local store and managed to buy the components on credit solely on the strength of the order, enabling them to build the Apple I without any funding at all.
9.
was born
was grown

10.
attended
chose

11.
stayed in
dropped out

12.
took
got

13.
brought
returned

14.
saw
met

15.
bought
sold

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Latihan Soal Present Perfect Tense vs Simple Past Tense dalam Teks Cerita

Latihan Soal Present Perfect Tense vs Simple Past Tense dalam Teks Cerita

Penggunaan antara Present Perfect Tense dengan Simple Past Tense memang berbeda meskipun keduanya sama- sama dilakukan di masa lampau. Dalam soal berbentuk teks, kadang kedua tenses tersebut disatukan. Maka salah satu cara untuk menjawab soal dengan benar adalah dengan mengetahui ciri- ciri kalimat baik bentuk simple past tense maupun present perfect tense dari segi penanda waktu atau time signal maupun ciri- ciri yang lain. Selain itu, pemahaman makna juga sangat penting dalam membedakan kedua tenses tersebut dalam satu bacaan teks. Untuk lebih mengenal ciri- ciri dari kedua tenses tersebut, rangkuman materi bisa dibaca pada postingan lalu di blog ini,



Berikut latihan soal closed teks cerita yang kata kerjanya menyatakan bentuk simple past tense dan present perfect tense. Bentuk teks saya bagi menjadi tiga bagian untuk memudahkan menjawab soal. Silahkan pilih kata kerja yang tepat untuk diterapkan dalam rumpang teks.
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Choose the correct verbs of the present perfect or simple past.

Part I
Ann Jones is one of the most interesting people ... (1); she is only twenty-five, but she ... (2) to over fifty different countries. Five years ago, she ... (3) a typist in Birmingham, ut she ... (4) to give up her job and see the world. since then, her life ... (5) completely.
1.
met
have met

2.
has traveled
traveled

3.
was
has been

4.
decided
has decided

5.
changed
has changed

Part II
The first time she ... (6) abroad was seven years ago, when she ... (7) just eighteen. She ... (8) a boat to France and then ... (9) around Europe for five weeks. She ... (10) Europe many times since that first trip, of course, but this holiday ... (11) the one which ... (12) her start traveling. She ... (13) the excitement of those five -weeks- although it ... (14) not all enjoyable.
6.
went
has gone

7.
was
has been

8.
took
has taken

9.
hitch-hiked
has hitch-hiked

10.
visited
has visited

11.
was
has been

12.
made
has made

13.
never forgot
has never forgotten

14.
was
has been

Part III
When she ... (15) on train, somebody ... (16) her purse; she ... (17) all her money, and ... (18) to work in a restaurant for fortnight. She ... (19) some good friends there, however, and ... (20)several times since then.
15.
was
has been

16.
stole
has stolen

17.
lost
has lost

18.
had
has had

19.
made
has made

20.
returned
has returned

Text is taken from : Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students, Elain Walker & Steve Elsworth.

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Kunci Jawaban


Ann Jones is one of the most interesting people ... (1); she is only twenty-five, but she ... (2) to over fifty different countries. Five years ago, she ... (3) a typist in Birmingham, ut she ... (4) to give up her job and see the world. since then, her life ... (5) completely.
The first time she ... (6) abroad was seven years ago, when she ... (7) just eighteen. She ... (8) a oat to France and then ... (9) around Europe for five weeks. She ... (10) Europe many times since that first trip, off course, but this holiday ... (11) the one which ... (12) her start traveling. She ... (13) the excitement of those five -weeks- although it ... (14) not all enjoyable. When she ... (15) on train, somebody ... (16) her purse; she ... (17) all her money, and ... (18) to work in a restaurant for fortnight. She ... (19) some good friends there, however, and ... (20)several times since then.

1. have met
2. has traveled
3. was
4. decided
5. has changed
6. went
7. was
8. took
9. hitch-hiked
10. has visited
11. was
12. made
13. never forgot/ has never forgotten
14. was
15. was
16. stole
17. lost
18. had
19. made
20. has returned

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Latihan Soal Simple Past tense dan Past Perfect Tense Bahasa Inggris

Latihan Soal Simple Past tense dan Past Perfect Tense Bahasa Inggris

Simple Past Tense menyatakan suatu aktifitas atau situasi yang mulai dan selesai pada waktu tertentu di masa lalu. Penanda waktu spesifik yang  sering digunakan dalam bentuk simple past tense adalah  yesterday, last (last week), ago ( a week ago), in (in 1980), at (at 7:00), from (from 1975 to 1998), atau when (when I was young). 

Dalam sebuah kalimat, kadang kita menemukan bentuk simple past tense yang dipadukan dengan bentuk tense yang lain, salah satunya adalah bentu past perfect tense. Past Perfect Tense menyatakan suatu aktifitas yang sudah selesai dikerjakan sebelum peristiwa lain terjadi. Dalam penggunaan kalimat, past perfect tense diikuti oleh kejadian lain, misalnya
  • When I reached the station, the train had left.
  • We went climbing to Mount Prau after we had taken an exam.
  • As soon as they had finished working, they ran out to play.
  • Before the police came, the thief had escaped.

Keterangan waktu yang sering digunakan untuk menghubungkan simple past tense dan past perfect tense adalah,
  • after = sesudah
  • as soon as = segera setelah
  • until/ till = hingga
  • before = sebelum
  • when = ketika

Dalam beberapa kasus tertentu, bila urutan peristiwa sudah jelas, tanpa menggunakan perbedaan  tenses baik simple past tense maupun past perfect tense, untuk menatakan peristiwa tersebut dapat menggunakan bentuk simple past tense dan simple past tense dengan menggunakan penghubung before. 
  • Shanti closed the window before she got into bed. (sudah jelas bahwa Shanti menutup jendela terlebih dahulu sebelum pergi tidur)
  • The bus started just before I reached the bus stop.
Latihan Soal
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1. When I arrived at the train station, The train ... .
went
had already gone

2. He ... a journalist before he ... a politician.
was - had become
had been - became

3. The teacher ... a quiz when I ... to class.
gave - had got
had given - got

4. The class ... by the time I ... there.
had already begun - got
began - had already got

5. We arrived at the cinema late. The film ... .
began
had already begun

6. I invited Mira to have dinner last night but she couldn't come. She ... to do something else.
had arranged
arranged

7. Juna no longer had his car. He ... it.
sold
had sold

8. Most of my friends were no longer here. They ... .
left
had left

9. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ... to bed.
went
had gone

10. My roommates ... dinner by the time I ... home.
finished - had got
had finished - got

11. The thief simply ... in. Someone ... to lock the door.
had walked - forgot
walked - had forgotten

12. I ... a little better after I ... the medicine.
had felt - took
felt - had taken"

13. The scientists ... the village when they ... enough data.
had left - collected
left - had collected

14. It was raining hard, but by the time class ... over,the rain ... .
had been - stopped
was - had stopped

15. When I got home, I found that someone ... into my flat and ... my laptop.
broke - stole
had broken - had stolen
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Soal Latihan Simple Past Tense vs Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense

Soal Latihan Simple Past Tense vs Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense

Dalam penggunaannya, Simple Past tense menyatakan suatu aktiffitas yang sudah selesai pada waktu tertentu di masa lalu, atau menyatakan suatu kebiasaan , kejadian yang berulang- ulang di masa lalu.
Contoh kalimat,
  • He was in Jakarta yesterday.
  • I visited Lombok last year.
  • I always went to the mosque at night.
Sedangkan bentuk Past Continuous atau yang sering juga disebut dengan Past Progressive menyatakan suatu aktifitas yang sedang terjadi pada masa lampau. 
Contoh kalimat,
  • I was studying Grammar at 9:30 yesterday.
  • The boys were playing footbal at 4:30 yesterday afternoon.

Kedua bentuk tenses Simple Past dan Past Continuous dalam sebuah kalimat sering digunakan bersama- sama dengan penanda "when" dan "while". Dalam waktu yang sama, ada dua kejadian yag terjadi, satu kejadian dimulai sebelum kejadian lain dan masih sedang terjadi ketika kejadian yang satunya tersebut terjadi.
Contoh kalimat,
  • I was walking down the street when the accident happened.
  • I was standing under the tree when my friend called me.
  • While I was studying at my room, someone knocked my door.
Nah, untuk mengasah keterampilan dalam menentukan atau membedakan kedua bentuk tersebut, sudah saya siapkan soal tentang Simple Past Tense vs Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense


1. While Andy ... the dinner, the phone rang.
is cooking
cooked
was cooking
was being cooked

2. Last night I ... in bed when suddenly I ... a scream.
was reading - heard
was reading - hear
read - was hearing
read - heard

3. I ... very fast when the accident happened.
am driving
was not driving
drove
had driven

4. What ... at this time yesterday?.
are you doing
did you do
were you doing
do you do

5. Tom ... a photograph of me while I ....
took - didn't look
was taking - wasn't looking
took - wasn't looking
took - look

6. It ... to rain when I was walking home.
begins
was beginning
began
is beginning

7. We saw an accident when we ... for the bus.
were waiting
waited
had waited
wait

8. When the teacher ..., the boys ... chess.
come - played
came - played
came - were playing
was coming - played

9. Betty ... when I visited her.
slept
sleeps
was sleeping
were sleeping

10. We ... English while the bell rang.
studied
was studying
were studying
had studied

11. ... television when I phoned you?
did you watch
were you watching
are you watching
had you watched

12. I saw Adel at the party. She ... a really beautiful dress.
was wearing
wore
is wearing
had been wearing

13. Tom ... his hand when he was cooing in the kitchen.
burns
burnt
was burning
had burnt

14. When I ..., It was raining.
get up
was getting up
got up
is getting up

15. I saw Budi in the park. He ... and reading a book.
sat
was sitting
sits
is sitting

16. Budi and Romi ... about something when I walked into the room
was arguing
were arguing
argued
had argued

17. I ... the thunder during the storm last night because I ....
did not hear - was sleeping
was not hearing - was sleeping
did not hear - slept
was not hearing - was sleeping

18. While I ... in one room of our apartment, my roommate was having a party in the other room.
studied
was studying
study
had studied

19. We ... three new staff members last week. I'm happy with them so far.
were hiring
hired
had hired
had been hired

20. "What were you doing at 8:45?"
"At 8:45 I ... my assignment."
did
was doing
had done
do

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Latihan Soal Present Perfect vs Simple Past Bahasa Inggris

Latihan Soal Present Perfect vs Simple Past Bahasa Inggris

Dalam penggunaan sehari- hari, kadang kita sulit membedakan penggunaan antara Prresent Perfect Tense dengan Simple Past Tense. Meskipun keduanya sama- sama menyatakan aktifitas yang berhubungan dengan masa lampau, akan tetapi keduanya memiliki penggunaan yang sangatlah berbeda. 

Sebelum mengetahui perbedaan Present Perfect Tense dan Simple Past Tense lebih jauh, akan saya sampaikan sedikit rangkuman mengenai kedua tenses tersebut, kemudian akan disimpulkan perbedaan keduanya ditinjau dari penggunaannya.

Present Perfect Tense
SUBJECT + HAVE/ HAS + V III

a. Penggunaan
Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu peristiwa/ perbuatan yang telah selesai terjadi atau dilakukan pada masa lampau dengan waktu yang tidak tertentu dan masih ada hubungannya dengan waktu sekarang.
Contoh :

  • Sandy has written an email.
  • Jenita has bought a new bike.
  • They have done the homework.

b. For and Since
Kalimat dalam Present Perfect Tense sering menggunakan kata For atau Since, dalam menunjukkan keterangan waktunya.

For (selama) , menunjukkan arti lamanya jangka waktu hingga kini, karenanya, For selalu diikuti oleh sejumlah jangka waktu tertentu.
Contohnya,

  1. for a week
  2. for three months
  3. for six days
  4. for a long time, dst.

Since (sejak), menunjukkan arti suatu saat tertentu pada waktu lampau hingga sekarang.
Misalnya,

  1. since August
  2. since the last five years
  3. since 1998

Contoh kalimat,

  • I haven't seen you since Saturday.
  • She hasn't seen me for a week
  • I have lived in Semarang since 2001.
  • They have built the monument for two months.

c. Penanda adverb
Dalam Present Perfect sering digunakan adverb berikut ini,

  • so far
  • almost
  • already
  • never
  • until now
  • up to the present
  • just (now)
  • still

Contoh Kalimat,

  1. She has just gone away
  2. The students have finished five chapters so far.
  3. Up to now, the writer hasn't continued the last chapter of his story.
  4. Joko has almost finished the thesis.

Selain penanda adverb diatas, Present Perfect juga sering menggunakan keterangan berikut ini,

  • recently =  baru- baru ini
  • lately = akhir- akhir ini
  • not ... yet = belum

Contoh :

  1. He hasn't finished the work yet.
  2. We have recently watched "Joker" at Cinema XXI.
  3. What has your manager done lately?

Juga, penggunaan Present Perfect sering menggunakan keterangan waktu sebagai berikut,
this -- this week, this morning, this month, this Saturday,
Contoh :

  1. They have gone shopping this week.
  2. She has met her lecturer this morning.

Simple Past Tense
SUBJECT + V II

a. Penggunaan
Menyatakan peristiwa yang sudah selesai dilakukan atau terjadi pada masa lampau dengan waktu tertentu.
Contoh :
  1. She met her uncle two days ago.
  2. I went to Bali last week.
  3. Jim married to Liza last year.

b. Menyatakan kebiasaan yang dilakukan pada masa lampau.
Contoh :
  1. He always brought a pocket dictionary.
  2. Last year it rained frequently in this area.
  3. We usually spoke English
  4. When I was young, we usually chatted under this tree after school.
c. Menyatakan peristiwa yang jelas terjadi pada masa lampau tetapi tidak disebutkan keterangan waktunya
Contoh :
  1. I bought this t-shirt in Bali
  2. When did you see me?
  3. The bus was fifteen minute late.
Adapun keterangan waktu yang biasa dipakai dalam Simple Past adalah, 
  • yesterday = kemarin
  • last .... = yang lalu
  • last week
  • last year
  • ... ago = yang lalu
  • two days ago
  • the other day = dulu
Kesimpulan :
Present Perfect tense digunakan menyatakan suatu peristiwa/ perbuatan yang telah selesai terjadi atau dilakukan pada masa lampau dengan waktu yang tidak tertentu dan masih ada hubungannya dengan waktu sekarang.
Sedangkan Simple Past menyatakan peristiwa yang sudah selesai dilakukan atau terjadi pada masa lampau dengan waktu tertentu tanpa ada hubungannya dengan waktu sekarang.

Contoh perbedaan kalimat,
  • I've never played golf in my life. (Present Perfect). Present perfect selalu berhubungan dengan masa sekarang.
  • I didn't play golf when I was on holiday last summer. (Simple Past). Simple Past menyatakan kejadian hanya pada masa lalu. 
Berikut ini 20 soal latihan yang bisa dicermati untuk mengasah pemahaman tentang materi Present Perfect dan Simple Past, Oke langsung saja, inilah soal- soalnya,

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1. Sania  (go)  to a wedding party at Medium Hotel last Saturday night.

2. Nayla (arrive)  here four days ago.

3. Jim (be) here since yesterday.

4. Last December,, I (see)  snow for the first time in my life.

5. In his whole time, Billy (see/ never) snow.

6. My bike isn't here anymore. Somebody (take) it.

7. Why (Arel/not/attend) the meeting last Tuesday?

8. She (know) Merry Riana for ten years.

9. The cars looks very clean. (you/wash) it?

10. Up to now, Mr. Rudy (give) our class five tests.

11. I (not/eat) anything yesterday because I (not/feel) hungry.

12. His hair is very short. He (have) a haircut.

13. (you/visit) Kota Lama when you were in Semarang?

14. Rafa (buy) a new car two weeks ago.

15. So far this week, I (have ) two tests and a quiz.

16. Mr. Bobby (work) in a financial company for 15 years. Then he gave it up.

17. Ann lives in Semarang. She (live) there all life.

18. When we were on holiday, the weather (be) awful.

19. I don't know Rena's father. I (never/meet) him.

20. The weather (be) very nice recently, don't you think?

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