A. Pola Kalimat Past Continous Tense(+) Subject + was/were + verb -ing + object(-) Subject + was/were + not + verb -ing + object
(?) Was/were + Subject + verb -ing + object?
Contoh:
Andi sedang tidur sepanjang hari kemarin.(+) Andi was sleeping all day yesterday.
(-) Andi was not sleeping all day yesterday.
(?) Was Andi sleeping all day yesterday?
Kami sedang belajar bahasa Inggris ssat kamu datang.(+) We were studying English when you come.
(-) We were not studying when you came.
(?) Were we stdying English when you come?
B. Penggunaan Pola Past Continous Tense
Past Continous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan aktivitas yang sedang berlangsung ketika peristiwa lain terjadi.
Contoh:
- You were listening to the radio when I came. (Kamu sedang mendengarkan radio ketika saya datang)
- When the teacher came, they were playing chess. (Ketika guru datang, mereka sedang bermain catur.)
- When I was crossing the street, I saw an accident. (Ketika saya sedang menyeberang jalan, saya melihat kecelakaan.)
- Bina was sleeping when I visited him. (Bina sedang tidur ketika saya mengunjunginya.)
- Hasna was learning English when I came. (Hasna sedang belajar bahasa Inggris ketika saya datang.)
Contoh:
- My father was reading the newspaper while I was listening to the music. (Ayah saya sedang membaca surat kabar ketika saya sedang mendengarkan musik.)
- As I was playing soccer, my brother was cooking rice in the kitchen. (Ketika saya sedang bermain sepak bola, ibu saya sedang menanak nasi di dapur.)
- when : ketika
- as : sementara
- while : sementara
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