Past Continuous Tense

Kita menggunakan Past Continuous Tense:

1.      Untuk menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu tertentu dimasa lampau.

Contoh:

She was calling me yesterday at 7 o’clock.

(Dia sedang menelpon ku keparem pada jam 7 tepat.)

2.      Untuk menyatakan suatu peristiwa yang sedang berlangsung ketika peristiwa lain terjadi dimasa lampau.

Contoh:

I was eating noodle when she called me last night.

(Aku sedang makan mie ketika dia menelpon ku semalam.)

Rumus:

-          KALIMAT NOMINAL

Bentuk nominal Past Continuous Tense sama dengan Simple Past Tense.

(+) S + TO BE (was/were) + 3C

(-)  S + TO BE + NOT + 3C

(?) TO BE + S + 3C

      YES, S + TO BE

      NO, S + TO BE + NOT

Contoh:

(+) She was lazy.

(-)  She was not lazy.

(?) Was she lazy?

      Yes, she was.

      No, she was not.

-          KALIMAT VERBAL

(+) S + WAS/WERE + V_ing + O + Adverb

(-)  S + WAS/WERE + NOT + V_ing + O + Adverb

(?) WAS/WERE + S + V_ing + O + Adverb

      YES, S + WAS/WERE

      NO, S + WAS/WERE + NOT

Contoh:

(+) Achmad was waiting a girl last night.

(-)  Achmad was not waiting a girl last night.

(?) Was Achmad waiting a girl last night?

      Yes, he was.

      No, he was not.

Time Signal

-          Yesterday morning

-          At this time yesterday

-          At seven o’clock yesterday

Example of Past Continuous in a text!

A STRANGE EXPERIENCE

Last month I was on holiday in Ireland with my mum and dad. One day, we were driving through a small village. It was time for lunch, so we stopped at a restaurant.

It was a large, old building. We looked through the window. There were lots of people in the restaurant. They were eating, drinking and chatting. A musician was playing the violin. But there was something strange about the people. They weren't wearing normal, modern clothes. They were wearing hats, jackets and dresses from another century. We couldn't understand it. But we were hungry, so we opened the door.

When we went into the restaurant, everything was different. The people were wearing normal clothes. The musician wasn't there- the music was on CD. It was a very strange experience!