Pola kalimat, contoh kalimat, dan penggunaan Past Continuous Tense

KINDS OF TENSES


6. Past continuous tense

1. Formula/pola kalimat past continuous tense:

• Affirmative: subject + was/were + verb+ing + complement
  Example: he was learning Spanish yesterday.
• Negative: subject + was/were+ not + complement
  Example: he was not learning Spanish yesterday..
• Interrogative:  was/were + subject + complement
  Example: was he learning Spanish yesterday?
• Negative interrogative: am/is/are + not + subject + complement
  Example: wasn’t he learning Spanish yesterday?
  Ingat bahwa:
  Was digunakan untuk she, he, it, I
  Were digunakan untuk we, they, you

1. Penggunaan past continuous tense
   Digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung di masa lampau, saat kegiatan tersebut terjadi.
   Contoh kalimat:
   I was watching TV at 10 o’clock last nigt.
   We were playing football yesterday afternoon.
2. Penggunaan ‘when’ dan ‘while’ pada past continuous tense
   ‘When’ digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu lampau sementara kegiatan lain terjadi:
   Rumus/pola kalimat:
   When + Subject₁ + Simple Past +Subject₂ + Past Continuous
   Contoh kalimat:
   When Kalina came home, Mother was cooking in the kitchen.
   Atau
   Subject₁ + Past continuous + When + Subject₂ + Simple past
   Contoh kalimat:
   The computer was running when it suddenly stopped.
   Note: setelah when maka kalimat yang digunakan tidak boleh continuous.
   ‘While’ digunakan pada saat menyatakan dua kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung secara bersamaan pada waktu lampau.
   Rumus/Pola kalimat:
   Subject₁ + Past Continuous + While + Subject₂ + Past Continuous
   Contoh kalimat:
   I was reading a magazine while my father was repairing our car.
   Atau
   While + Subject₁ + Past Continuous + Subject₂ + Past Continuous      
   Contoh kalimat:
   While Lili was washing her clothes, Leo was playing games.
   Selain pola kalimat di atas, ada juga kemungkinan lain yang dapat digunakan, jika sebelumnya, penggunaan while selalu disertai dua kalimat dengan menggunakan pola past continuous. Maka, dapat pula digunakan simple past, dengan catatan kalimat yang digunakan tepat setelah while harus tetap dalam pola continuous.
   Rumus kalimat:
   While + Subject₁ + Past Continuous + Subject₂ + Simple Past.       
   Contoh kalimat:
   While Ali was doing his homework, I sang a song.