Untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan atau peristiwa yang
sedang berlangsung pada waktu lampau ketika kejadian lain terjadi.
RUMUS :
S + was/were
+ Verb I (ing) + ……
Negative (-)
: S + be(was/were) + not + V1-ing/present participle
Interrogative
(?) : be(was/were) + S + V1-ing/present participle?
Untuk
membuat kalimat Tanya (interrogative) maka was/were diletakkan di muka subjek.
Untuk membuat kalimat menyangkal (negative) maka setelah to be (was/were)
ditambah = NOT (N’T)
Contoh :
(+) I was
reading book when father watched tv.
(-) I was
not reading book when father watched tv.
(?) Was I
reading book when father watched tv?
(-?) Was I
not reading book when father watched tv?
(+) The team
was running
(-) The team
was not running
(?) Was the
team running?
(-?) Was the
team not running?
(+) I was
writing letter when father read a magazine
(-) I was
not writing letter when father read a magazine
(?) Was I
writing letter when father read a magazine?
(-?) Was I
not writing letter when father read a magazine?
Penggunaan
Past Continuous Tense :
a.
Dipergunakan untuk menyatakan
suatu peristiwa yang sudah dimulai dan masih tetap berlangsung ketika kejadian
lain terjadi di waktu lampau.
·
When she came to my house, I was listening the radio.
·
I was reading when she met me.
·
When he arrived at my house, I was listening the
radio.
·
She was writing when he met me.
b.
Untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan
atau peristiwa yang sedang terjadi di waktu lampau.
·
They were studying English all morning last Monday.
·
Yudi was watching tv the whole night last Sunday.
·
We were practicing dancing all morning last Monday.
·
Andika was listening the radio the whole night last
Sunday.
Tanda waktu (signal time) yang biasa digunakan :
·
When
: Ketika (diikuti dengan past tense).
·
While
: Selagi (diikuti dengan past tense).
·
As : Ketika.
·
All day yesterday
: Sepanjang hari kemarin.
·
The whole day last Sunday : Sepanjang hari minggu
yang lalu.
Referensi : Materi Bahasa Inggris Past Continous Tense
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