Past Continuous Tense (I was watching TV)
Past Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu aksi atau kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau. Biasanya digunakan bersama waktu spesifik (at 8 PM, yesterday at noon) atau saat kejadian lain terjadi. Struktur tense ini menggunakan 'was' atau 'were' + kata kerja -ing.
Structure:
| Type | Pattern | Example |
|---|---|---|
| positive | S + was/were + V-ing | They were talking on the phone. |
| negative | S + was/were + not + V-ing | She was not sleeping at midnight. |
| question | Was/Were + S + V-ing? | Were you studying last night? |
Notes:
- Gunakan was untuk subjek tunggal (I, he, she, it), dan were untuk jamak (you, we, they).
- Kata kerja diubah ke bentuk -ing: watch → watching, write → writing.
- Digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sedang berlangsung di masa lampau.
- Sering digunakan dengan 'when' atau 'while' untuk menggambarkan dua kejadian: satu berlangsung lama (past continuous), satu pendek (simple past).
- Contoh: I was taking a shower when the phone rang.
- Tidak digunakan untuk menyatakan rutinitas atau kebiasaan di masa lalu (gunakan simple past untuk itu).
Examples:
- I was watching TV at 8 PM last night.
- She was cooking dinner when I arrived.
- They were studying all night.
- We were sleeping during the storm.
- Was he working yesterday afternoon?
- The children were playing outside.
- I wasn’t listening when the teacher called my name.
- While I was driving, it started to rain.
- He was reading a book at that time.