Materi Dan Soal Past Continuous Tense (Naufal Kholis)

Pengertian Past Continuous TensePast continuous tense atau past progressive tense adalah suatu bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu aksi sedang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau. Aksitersebut telah dimulai tapi belum selesai pada saat itu. Rumus Past Continuous Tense Past continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb “be”, berupa was/were – karena past tense (masa lalu), dan present participle. Was untuk singular subject (I, she, he, it, dan kata ganti orang ketiga) dan were untuk plural subject (you, they, we, orang ketiga jamak). Past continuous tense umumnya hanya terjadi pada aksi berupa dynamic verb, tidak stative verb karena secara umum hanya dynamic verbyang memiliki bentuk continuous [Baca: Stative Verb dengan Bentuk Progressive]. Dengan demikian rumus past continuous tense untuk kalimat positif, negatif, dan interogatif adalah sebagai berikut. Jenis Kalimat Rumus Contoh Past Continuous Tense The team was running positif (+) S + be(was/were) + V1-ing/present participle The workers were queuing The team was not running negatif (-) S + be(was/were) + not + V1ing/present participle The workers weren’t queuing Was the team running interogatif(?) be(was/were) + S + V1-ing/present participle? Were the workers queuing Penggunaan dan Contoh Kalimat Past Continuous Tense Beberapa penggunaan dan contoh kalimat past continuous tense dapat dilihat pada tabel sebagai berikut. Fungsi Past continuous tense untuk mengindikasikan suatu aksi yang terjadi selama momen tertentu di masa lampau. Contoh kalimat Past Continuous Tense I was shopping at this time yesterday. (Saya sedang belanja pada jam ini kemarin.) What was she doing at 5 am this morning? (Apa yang sedang dia lakukan jam 5 pagi ini?) They were roasting corn at this time last night. (Mereka sedang membakar jagung pada jam ini kemarin malam.) I was doing physically exercises all day yesterday. (Saya sedang melakukan latihan-latihan fisik sepanjang hari kemarin.) Untuk menunjukkan bahwa ada aksi berdurasi pendek (simple past tense) yang terjadi ketika suatu aksi berdurasi panjang (past continuous tense) sedang berlangsung. Subordinate conjunction “when” atau “while” dapat digunakan She was sleeping when you called her. (Dia sedang tidur ketika kamu meneleponnya.) The door was knocked while I was studying. (Pintu diketuk ketika saya sedang belajar.) The girl was always yelling out loud. (Anak itu selalu menjerit keras-keras.) Past continuous tense digunakan untuk mengolok-olok atau mengkritik aksi yang terjadi pada interval acak namun sebenarnya merupakan kebiasaan alami. My neighbor was always chasing stray cats off with his broom. (Tetangga saya selalu mengusir kucing-kucing liar dengan sapunya.) Choose the Correct answer for the questions below.! 1. My children ................ football when I arrived at home were played is playing were playing played was playing 2. When his wife woke him up, he ................ a nice dream was having were having is having had have 3. ............................... when her father left the house this morning She is washing clothes She was washing clothes she washes clothes she wash clothes she will wash clothes 4. When I did my homework, my younger brothers ................ English were studying were studied was studying is studying are studying 5. I was ................ a car when the accident suddenly happen drove driven drive driving to drive 6. When Clara ................ visiting Bali, she met a famous pop singer there does were are is was 7. Mr. Oscar was ................ a cup of tea when i saw him yesterday drank drunk drinking drinks drink 8. When our father came back from his office, ............................... We were watching TV We are watching TV We watch TV We will watch TV We shall watch TV 9. Cindy was ................ an article when her baby boy cried written writing wrote writes write 10. When Paul ................ a newspaper, he found an interesting story on it is reading read reads will be reading was reading