PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE ialah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang sedang berlangsung dimasa lampau ketika kejadian atau peristiwa lain terjadi.

Pattern:

(+) S+ TOBE(was/ were)+ V1-ING

(-) S+ TOBE(was/ were)+ NOT+ V1-ING

(?) TOBE(was/ were)+ S+ V1-ING?

Examples:

(+) I was writing a letter for my wife

(-) I was not writing a letter for my wife

(?) Was I writing a letter for my wife?

(+) She was helping her mother when we studied

(-) She was not helping her mother when we studied

(?) Was she helping her mother when we studied?

Penggunaan Past Continuous Tense:

Ø  Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang sedang terjadi di waktu lampau. Contoh: they were playing soccer all afternoon last Sunday.

Ø  Digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang sudah dimulai namun masih tetap berlangsung ketika kejadian lain terjadi di waktu lampau. Contoh: when you called me, I was studying English.

Time Signal:

When(ketika)… diikuti Past Tense Form

While(sementara/ selagi)… diikuti Past Continuous Form

As(ketika)

All day yesterday(sepanjang hari kemarin)

Etc.