THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

PATERN / RUMUS

(+) subject + was / were + verb-ing + object

(-) subject + was / were + not + verb-ing + object

(?) was / were + subject + verb-ing + object

Contoh :

(+) Dicky was reading a book

(-) Dicky was not reading a book

(?) was Dicky reading a book ?

PENGGUNAAN

Untuk menyatakan aktivitas yang berlangsung ketika peristiwa yang lain terjadi di waktu yang lampau.

Contoh :

• He was climbing a mountain when I visited him yesterday
• Dicky was writing a letter at 8 o’clock last night

KETERANGAN WAKTU

• . . . when = ketika
• At . . . o’clock yesterday = pada pukul . . . kemarin
• . . . = sementara
• At morning yesterday = sepanjang kemarin pagi

CATATAN

1. Penggunaan to be WAS / WERE

• WAS digunakan untuk subject HE, SHE, IT, DICKY
• WERE digunkaan untuk subject I, YOU, WE, THEY

Namun terkadang was juga dapat digunakan untuk subject I pada beberapa kalimat karena tergantung konteks kalimatnya

Contoh

I was born on 23^rd  of may 1997

2. Dan untuk penggunaan verb- ing sama dengan penggunaan verb-ing pada present continuous tense pada materi yang pernah saya share sebelumnya