Past Progressive / Continuous

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Past Continuous yang sering juga disebut past progressive, digunakan untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang sedang terjadi di waktu tertentu di masa lampau. Di postingan ini kita akan bersama-sama mempelajari apa itu pas continuous beserta penggunaannya.

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Yesterday, Liza and Jim played tennis. They began at 10:00 and finished at 11:30. So at 11:00, they were playing tennis. They were playing="they were in the middle of playing." They had not finished yet. Was/were playing is the past continuous.

Bentuk kalimat Past Continuous:
Past Continuous dibentuk dengan cara sebagai berikut:

to be in the simple past

+ verb

+ ing

Bentuk affirmative (atau dalam bahasa sederhana, biasa kita sebut kalimat positif):

I, he, she, it	was	playing.
you, we, they	were

Contoh:

·         Yesterday evening I was watching a film, when someone knocked on the door.

·         This morning I was revising my lessons when my father came in.

·         Jim and Liza were playing tennis yesterday at 11:00.

Bentuk interrogative (atau dalam bahasa sederhana, biasa kita sebut kalimat tanya):

Was	I, he, she, it	Playing?
were	you, we, they

Examples:

·         What were you doing yesterday evening?

·         And what was your mother doing?

·         Where were you going, this morning at 7:30?

·         What were Jim and Liza doing?

Bentuk "negative" (atau dalam bahasa sederhana, biasa kita sebut kalimat negatif):

I, he, she, it	was not / wasn't	playing.
you, we, they	were not / weren't

Examples:

·         I wasn't reading a book yesterday evening; I was watching a film.

·         My mother wasn't preparing dinner; she was working on the computer.

·         We weren't playing cards.

Fungsi kalimat Past Continuous

·         Past Continuous digunakan untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang sedang berlangsung di waktu yang spesifik di masa lampau.
      Contoh:
"At 8 o'clock last night, I was doing my homework."

·         Past Continuous digunakan untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang sedang berlangsung disela oleh kejadian yang lain di masa lampau.
Contoh:
"Bob burnt his hand when he was cooking dinner yesterday"
"While I was working in the garden, I hurt my back."

·        Past Continuous digunakan untuk menyatakan dua kejadian yang sama-sama sedang berlangsung di masa lampau.
      Contoh:
      "I was playing a video game while my sister was cleaning her room."

Catatan:

·         "Wasn't playing" dan "weren't playing" adalah bentuk singkat dari  "was not playing" and "were not playing"