Past continuous tense itu sama konteksnya dengan present continuous tense. Hanya saja, tenses ini merujuk pada spesifik waktu tertentu di masa lampau.
Pelajari
konteksnya:
Yesterday I made an appointment with Tara to watch
movie together. The movie started at 6.45 pm and finished at 9 pm. So, we were watching
movie at 7 pm yesterday.
A. Struktur Kalimat: Subject + was/were + verb-ing
Struktur
kalimatnya sama dengan present continuous
tense, hanya saja kata kerja bantunya diganti ke bentuk past (dari is/am/are menjadi was/were)
I/he/she/it was
playing, doing, working, etc.
We/you/they were
playing, doing, working, etc.
Konteks: merujuk
aktifitas di waktu lampau yang sedang terjadi.
Contoh:
What were you doing last night at 8 pm?
This time last year, I
was living in Salatiga.
B. Past continuous
(I was doing) VS simple past (I did)
Past Continuous Tense |
Simple Past Tense |
Fokus di tengah aktifitas
tertentu. |
Fokus bahwa aktifitasnya sudah lengkap dari awal sampai
akhir. |
I was walking home when I met
Tora. Jojo was playing guitar when we
arrived. |
I walked home after the party last night. Jojo played guitar a lot
when was free last
month. |
C. Gabungan Konteks Past Continuous Tense dan Simple
Past Tense
Seringkali kita
menggabungkan dua tenses ini dalam
satu kalimat. Sederhananya, satu aktifitas terjadi di tengah aktifitas yang
lain.
Contoh:
It was
raining when I got up.
I saw you
yesterday with Maria at the park. You both were
having conversation.
I hurt
my leg while I was working in the garden.
Coba bandingkan
ini:
When Kim
arrived, we were having dinner. (= kita sudah
makan sebelum Kim datang)
When Kim arrived, we had dinner. (=Kim datang, lalu kita makan malam bersama)
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