Past Continuous Tense

Present continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang terjadi saat ini. Sedangkan past continuous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan atau kejadian yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau (past). Penanda waktu yang digunakan di past continuous tense adalah yesterday, last…..(last week, last month), dan ……ago (two minutes ago, three hours ago). 

Formula untuk membuat kalimat Past Continuous Tense adalah

(+) S + was/were + ving

Contoh kalimat

• I was waiting for my package yesterday.
• Shella was studying in coffee shop.
• Bob and Jon were running in the hall last afternoon.

Terjemahan

• Aku sedang menunggu paketku kemarin.
• Shellas sedang belajar di tempat kopi.
• Bob dan Jon sedang berlari di aula kemarin sore.

(-) S + was/were + not + ving

Contoh kalimat

• I was not waiting for my package yesterday.
• Shella was not studying in coffee shop.
• Bob and Jon were not running in the hall last afternoon.

Terjemahan

• Aku tidak sedang menunggu paketku kemarin.
• Shella tidak sedang belajar di tempat kopi.
• Bob dan Jon tidak sedang berlari di aula kemarin sore.

(?) Was/were + s + ving? W/h question + s + ving?

Contoh kalimat

• Were you waiting for your package yesterday?
• What were you doing yesterday?

• Was Shella studying in coffee shop?
• Where was Shella?

• Were Bob and Jon running in the hall?
• What were Bob and Jon doing last afternoon?