PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

 PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE   

  

Kalimat dengan struktur Past Continuous  Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan tentang kejadian yang sedang terjadi di waktu lampau. Time signal yang digunakan adalah sebagai berikut:

• At this time yesterday 
• At 2 last month

Berikut adalah struktur kalimat Simple Past Tense:
Kalimat positif (+):  Subject (S)+ was/were+ V ing
Kalimat negatif(-): Subject (S)+was/were+not+ V ing
Kalimat interogatif (?):was/were +Subject (S)+V ing? 

Contoh:

(+):  We were waiting for him when he arrived 
(-):  We were not waiting for him when he arrived  
(?):  Were we waiting for him when he arrived? 

(+): They were building a new road at 2 last month
(-):  They were not building a new road at 2 last month      
(?):  Were they building a new road at 2 last month? 

(+): It was raining when her baby was born 
(-):  It was not raining when her baby was born      
(?):  Was it raining when her baby was born?