PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

A. POLA KALIMAT

A.    KALIMAT VERBAL

+	Subject + was/were + V-ing
-	Subject + was/were + not + V-ing
?	Was/were + Subject + V-ing?

Contoh kalimat:

(+) He was reading  a newspaper.

 (Dia (lk) sedang membaca koran.)

(-)  He was not reading  a newspaper.

(Dia (lk) tidak sedang membaca koran.)

(?) Was  he reading  a newspaper?

(Apakah dia (lk) sedang membaca koran?)

B. KALIMAT NOMINAL

Pola kalimat Nominal bentuk Past Continuous Tense sama sengan pola pada tenses Simple Past.

	PAST TENSE	PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
+	She was sad yesterday.	She was sad yesterday morning.
-	She was not sad yesterday.	She was not sad yesterday morning.
?	Was she sad yesterday?	Was she sad yesterday morning?

 B. KETERANGAN  WAKTU

v  All morning yesterday                  : Sepanjang pagi kemarin.

v  At 07.00 a’clock yesterday         : Pada jam 7 kemarin.

v  When...                                              : Ketika

v  While...                                               : Sementara

v  As...                                                     : Pada saat/sewaktu

v  At the same time yesterday        : Pada jam sama kemarin

 C. PENGGUNAAN

1.      Mengungkapkan aktivitas yang sedang berlangsung di masa lampau.

Contoh:

                                      i.            Jack was having an exercise at 06.00 yesterday.

(Jack sedang berolahraga pada jam 6 kemarin)

                                    ii.            We were watching a television at 08.00 last night.

(Kami sedang menonton televisi jam 8 tadi malam.)

2.      Untuk menyatakan aktivitas yang sedang terjadi ketika kejadian lain menyusul /terjadi masa lampau.

Contoh:

                                      i.            He was sleeping when I called him last night.

(Dia(lk) sedang tidur ketika aku menelepon dia tadi malam.)

                                    ii.            While I was sweeping the floor, my father was wathering plants/

(Ketika saya sedang menyapu lantai, ayahku sedang menyiram tanaman.)