PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. Definisi Past Continuous Tense

Past continuous tense adalah bentuk tense yang digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu aksi sedang
berlangsung selama waktu tertentu pada waktu lampau (past).
Bentuk ini menunjukkan bahwa aksi tersebut terjadi sebelum (began before), selama (was in progress
during), dan mungkin berlanjut setelah (continued after) waktu atau aksi lainnya yang terjadi pada masa lampau.
Contoh:
I was eating when you called me
Berdasarkan contoh di atas, Saya sedang makan ketika kamu menelepon saya. Hal ini berarti saya sedang
makan sebelum kamu menelepon, masih makan ketika kamu menelepon, dan mungkin masih makan setelah
panggilan tersebut. Kejadian tersebut terjadi pada suatu waktu di masa lampau dan tidak terjadi pada saat ini.

2. Rumus Past Continuous Tense

a. Positive Past Continuous Tense
Subject + be (was/were) + Verb-ing.
Contoh:
He was sleeping
The people were waiting

b. Negative Past Continuous Tense

Subject + be (was/were) + not + Verb-ing
Contoh:
He wasn’t sleeping
The people weren’t waiting

c. Introgative Past Continuous Tense

be (was/were) + S + present participle (-ing) + ?
Contoh:
Was he sleeping?
Were the people waiting?

3. Keterangan Waktu/Time Signal

While : Selagi
Keterangan waktu yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan kegiatan yang dilakukan secara bersamaan
dalam satu waktu.
contoh: I was eating while my brother was studying (Saya sedang makan selagi adik saya sedang belajar)

When : Ketika
Keterangan waktu yang digunakan untuk menunjukan kegiatan dengan spesik waktu.
contoh: They were studying when i came (Mereka sedang belajar ketika saya datang)

4. Fungsi dan Penggunaan Past Continuous Tense (Function)

a. Kejadian yang dimulai, sedang berlangsung, dan selesai di masa lampau.
She was watching tv at 14.00 (Dia menonton tv pukul 14.00)
They were playing football after school (Mereka bermain sepak bola sepulang sekolah)

b. Kejadian yang sedang berlangsung di masa lalu, dan masih terjadi hingga sekarang ketika kejadian
kedua terjadi.
I was eating when he called me (Saya sedang makan ketika dia menelepon saya)
They were studying when i came (Mereka sedang belajar ketika saya datang)
 c. Menunjukkan dua kejadian yang terjadi secara bersamaan di waktu lampau.
I was eating while my brother was studying (Saya sedang makan sementara adik saya sedang belajar)
Diane was watching tv while Andy was sleeping (Diane sedang menonton tv sementara Andy sedang
tidur)

TASK! (TUGAS)
Please translate these positive past continuous tense into Bahasa, and then transform the positive form into
negative form and introgative form, like the example below;

Example:
( + ) I was eating while my mom come from market
Translate: Aku sedang makan ketika ibuku datang dari pasar
( - ) I wasn’t/was not eating while my mom come from market
( ? ) Was I eating while my mom come from market?

 I was studying when my brother was coming to my room

 He was collecting the rock while the flood was coming
 She was writing the note while the students were entering the class
 They were playing football when the rain was falling down
 We were walking through the sidewalk while a car across rapidly in the roadway
 You were wearing a traditional costume while we were celebrating the Halloween
 The students were studying English lesson while the rain was falling outside