Past Continous Tense

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Past continuous tense adalah sebuah peristiwa, kejadian atau pekerjaan yang sedang berlangsung di
masa lampau yang fungsinya untuk menceritakan sesuatu. Contohnya seperti:

I was drinking ice tea yesterday.

Aku telah sedang minum es teh kemarin.

Rumus:

(+) Subject + were/Was + verb ing + object

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

(?) Were/was + subject + verb ing + object?

Contoh:

(+) They were learning Korean language in the class last night.

Mereka telah sedang belajar bahasa Korea di kelas semalam.

(-) They were not learning Korean language in the class last night.

Mereka telah sedang tidak belajar bahasa Korea di kelas semalam.

(?) Were they learning Korean Language in the class last night?

Apakah mereka telah sedang belajar bahasa Korea semalam?

(+) She was reading a novel in the library yesterday.

Dia telah sedang membaca sebuah novel di perpustakaan kemarin.

(-) She was not reading a novel in the library yesterday.

Dia telah sedang tidak membaca novel di perpustakaan kemarin.

(?) Was she reading a novel in the library yesterday?

Apakah dia telah sedang membaca novel di perpustakaan kemarin?

Ciri-ciri past continuous tense:

- Kalimatnya menjelaskan kejadian masa lampau

- Menggunakan verb 1 + ing, contohnya speaking, going, drinking, dll.
- Menggunakan auxiliary verb (to be) berupa was were.

Past continuous tense umumnya menjelaskan sesuatu yang sedang terjadi beriringan dengan kejadian
lain di masa lampau. Contohnya:

- Jessica was eating pizza while I slept last night.

Jessica telah sedang makan pizza selagi aku tidur semalam.

- You were driving a car when I called you last week.

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