Past
continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan peristiwa-peristiwa atau perbuatan
masa lampau yang berlangsung selama beberapa waktu, yang batas waktunya secara
pasti tidak diketahui atau dianggap tidak penting untuk mengetahuinya. Dengan
demikian waktu mulai maupun berakhirnya peristiwa atau perbuatan tersebut tidak
pasti.
Bentuk
Verbal Positif :
We
+ Were + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
You
+ Were + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
They + Were + Verb 1-ing +
Object/Adverb
I
+ Was + Verb 1-ing +
Object/Adverb
He
+ Was + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
She + Was + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
it
+ Was + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
.
Contoh
:
I was walking down the street when it
began to dry.
It was raining this morning.
Bentuk
Verbal Negatif :
We
+ Were not + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
You
+ Were not + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
They + Were not + Verb 1-ing +
Object/Adverb
I
+ Was not + Verb 1-ing +
Object/Adverb
He
+ Was not + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
She + Was not + Verb 1-ing +
Object/Adverb
it
+ Was not + Verb 1-ing + Object/Adverb
Contoh
:
They were not .running until there
steady to begin.
At six o’clock last night, I was not
studying.
Past continous tense juga digunakan
untuk menyatakan dua peristiwa yang terjadi secara berurutan di masa lampau,
dimana peristiwa pertama sedang berlangsung ketika peristiwa kedua terjadi.
Peristiwa pertama dinyatakan dalam bentuk Past Continuous Tense,
sedangkan peristiwa kedua dinyatakan dalam bentuk Simple Past Tense.
Untuk tujuan ini dipakai kata keterangan when, as, while yang berarti “ketika”.
Dimana when bisa digunakan untuk Past Continuous Tense maupun Simple
Past Tense, sedangkan as dan while hanya bisa
digunakan dengan Past Continuous Tense.
Contoh
:
Hary was leaving in his bedroom as her
father called from out room.
They were not playing a tennis while
it was raining.
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