PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Bentuk : was/were + Ving

Pola Kalimat :

Pola 1 :

            When + S + V2, S + was/were + Ving

Pola 2 :

            S + was/were + Ving + when + S + V2

Pola 3 :

S + V2 + while + S + was/were + Ving

Pola 4 :

            While + S + was/were + Ving, + S + V2,

Kata kerja Past Continuous Tense digunakan :

1. untuk menyatakan suatu kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada saat tertentu di waktu lampau ( kegiatan tersebut belum selesai).

    Contoh :

    This time last year I was reading the newspaper.

    What were you doing at 10:00 last night ?

2. jika ingin mengatakan bahwa sesuatu terjadi pada saat kegiatan lain terjadi. Gunakan Pola 1 – 4 di atas.

   Contoh :

   When Helen arrived, we were having dinner. ( Pola 1 )

   It was raining when I got up. (Pola 2)

   While I was working in the garden, I hurt my back. (Pola3)

   The phone rang while I was typing a letter. (Pola4)

Exercise 4

Tentukan kata kerja dalam kurung apakah dalam bentuk Simple Past atau

Past Continuous berdasarkan konteks yang ada.

1. Nabila _____ (eat) dinner when her friend called.

2. While Nizam was cleaning the apartment, his mother _____ (sleep)

3. At three o'clock this morning, Ruly ______ (study).

4. When Nani arrived, The Hasans _______ (have) dinner, but they

    stopped in order to talk to her.

5. Praja _______ (go) to France last year.

6. When the teacher _________ (enter) the room, the students were talking.

7. While Ratu was writing the report, Yani ______ (look) for more

    information.

8. We _________ (see) this movie last night.

9. At one time, Mr. Iking _______ (own) this building.

10. Kemal _______ (write) a letter to his family when his pencil _____

     (break).