Past Continuous Rumus dan Fungsi

Past continuous

A Definisi

Past continuous adalah tenses yang berfungsi untuk mengungkapkan suatu kejadian yang berlangsung pada waktu tertentu dimasa lampau.

Baca Juga : Tenses Simple Present

B. Rumus

Rumus Aktif
+	S	Was /were	V1 ing
-	S	Was /were not	V1ing
?	Was /were	S	V1ing?

John was reading an article at 7 pm last night.

John was not reading an article at 7 pm last night.

was John reading an article at 7 pm last night?.

John sedang membaca artikel pada jam 7 tadi malam.

Note : Verb ing digunakan untuk menunjukkan kegiatan tersebut sedang berlangsung, dan Tobe ( Was/Were ) untuk menunjukkan kapan kegiatan tersebut berlangsung. Penggunaan Tobe tergantung dari subjek yang digunakan.

Subjek I, you, we, they: Were, dan Subjek He, She, It: was

Rumus Passive
+	S	Was /were being	V3
-	S	Was /were not being	V3
?	Was/were	S	V3?

An Apple was being eaten by me

An Apple was not being eaten by me

was an apple being eaten by you? Yes, I was. No, I was not

( Sebuah ap dimakan oleh saya )

Note :

Rumus Kalimat passive past continuous hanya menambah kata "being diantara was/ were" dan V3.

Kalimat passive bermakna di/ter.

Rumus Nominal

+

S

Was /were

cs

-

S

Was /were not

cs

?

Was/were

S

cs?

An Apple was on the table last night

An Apple was on the table last night

was an apple on the table last night?Yes, It was. No, It was not

( Apel itu berada diatas meja tadi malam )

Note : Kalimat Nominal ada kalimat yang tidak bermakna kegiatan, Setelah Tobe was/were diikuti dengan "Cs" atau pelengkap subjek yang bisa berupa Kata benda , kata sifat , kata keterangan.

C. Keterangan Waktu/ Adverb of Time

All morning yesterday : sepanjang waktu kemarin

At 07 o’clock yesterday : pada jam 7 kemarin

When : ketika

While : sementara itu

As : pada saat

At the same time yesterday : pada jam sama kemarin

Baca Juga : Penggunaan Do, Does, Did

D.Fungsi

1. Untuk menunjukkan kegiatan yang berlangsung di waktu lampau

Jack was having an exercise at 06.00 yesterday ( jack sedang berolahraga pada jam 6 kemarin )

2. Untuk menunjukkan kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung dan dipotong oleh kegiatan lain di masa lampau.

Budi was having an exercise when his father came back home yesterday. ( Budi sedang berolahraga ketika ayahnya pulang )

While I was watching Tv, My father came home last night. ( Ketika saya sedang menonton TV, Ayah saya tiba-tiba pulang tadi malam )

Note : Kegiatan sedang berlangsung dipotong oleh kegiatan lain di masa lampau )

3. Untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sama-sama sedang berlangsung dimasa lampau.

I was watching Tv while My mother was making dinner last night. ( Saya sedang nonton Tv sedangkan Ibu saya sedang membuat makan malam )

Dua konsep kejadian Tenses Past continuous

When

S + was /were v1ing When S + v2 / was,were
When S + v2 / was,were , S + was/were v1ing

I was watching Tv When My father came home last night / When my father came last night, I was watching Tv.

I was sitting when my father was at the office

While

S + was/were v1 ing While S + was /were v1 ing

I was sitting while my father was reading a novel.

While S + was/were v1 ing, S + V2/ was,were

While I was sitting, My father came home

While I was sitting, My father was still at the office

S + was /were + v1 ing As S + v2 /was, were

I was watching TV As My father came home

Note: perhatikan saja tenses yang digunakan sebelum dan setelah penghubung, dan ingat ingat penghubung yang digunakan ya..

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