PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

 

✅ Pengertian:

Past Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu kejadian atau aktivitas sedang berlangsung di masa lampau, biasanya pada waktu tertentu.

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Rumus Past Continuous Tense:

Bentuk Kalimat	Rumus
(+) Positive	S + was/were + V-ing
(-) Negative	S + was/were + not + V-ing
(?) Interrogative	Was/Were + S + V-ing?

Keterangan:

• Was digunakan untuk: I, He, She, It

• Were digunakan untuk: You, We, They

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⏰ Keterangan Waktu (Time Expressions):

• At 7 o’clock yesterday

• While…

• When…

• Last night at this time

• All day yesterday

• This morning (past)

• At that moment

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✍️ Contoh Kalimat:

✅ Positive Sentences:

• I was watching TV at 9 PM last night.

• They were playing football when it started to rain.

• She was studying while her mother was cooking.

❌ Negative Sentences:

• He was not (wasn't) sleeping at that time.

• We were not (weren’t) listening to music yesterday.

• I wasn’t doing my homework when you called.

❓ Interrogative Sentences:

• Was she reading a book at 8 PM?

• Were you studying when the power went out?

• Was it raining last night?

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⚖️ Perbandingan dengan Simple Past Tense:

Simple Past	Past Continuous
Menyatakan aksi selesai di masa lampau	Menyatakan aksi yang sedang berlangsung di masa lampau
I watched TV last night.	I was watching TV last night.
He walked to school.	He was walking to school.

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Catatan Penting:

• Past Continuous sering dipakai bersamaan dengan Simple Past Tense, terutama saat ada dua kejadian: satu berlangsung, satu menyela.
  Contoh:
  I was taking a bath when the phone rang.

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📌 1. WHILE → digunakan untuk menunjukkan aktivitas yang sedang berlangsung (past continuous)

• While diikuti oleh past continuous tense (subjek + was/were + V-ing)

• Menekankan proses yang sedang terjadi saat kejadian lain terjadi atau bersamaan.

🔸 Contoh:

• While I was cooking, he was watching TV.
  (Saat saya sedang memasak, dia sedang menonton TV.)

• While they were studying, it started to rain.
  (Saat mereka sedang belajar, hujan mulai turun.)

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📌 2. WHEN → digunakan untuk menunjukkan kejadian tunggal atau gangguan yang terjadi saat aktivitas sedang berlangsung.

• When bisa diikuti oleh:

  • past simple (jika kejadian tiba-tiba/gangguan)

  • atau past continuous (jika dua aktivitas berlangsung bersamaan)

🔸 Contoh 1: (Past Continuous + Past Simple)

• I was sleeping when the phone rang.
  (Saya sedang tidur ketika telepon berdering.)

• He was driving when it started to rain.
  (Dia sedang menyetir ketika hujan mulai turun.)

🔸 Contoh 2: (Past Continuous + Past Continuous)

• She was reading when I was cooking.
  *(Dia sedang membaca saat saya sedang memasak.) → dua kegiatan berlangsung bersamaan.

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🆚 Ringkasan Perbedaan:

Kata	Struktur	Fungsi	Contoh
While	+ Past Continuous	Menunjukkan aktivitas sedang berlangsung	While I was working, she was sleeping.
When	+ Past Simple atau Past Continuous	Menunjukkan kejadian tunggal atau dua aksi	I was studying when the lights went out.

🎯 Latihan Soal Singkat:

1. They ___ (play) football at 5 p.m. yesterday.

2. While I ___ (walk) to school, it started to rain.

3. She ___ not ___ (sleep) at 10 o’clock.

4. ___ you ___ (watch) TV when I called you?

Silahkan translate ke dalam bahasa inggris dengan pola kalimat positif, negatif dan tanya

Soal:

1. Dia (laki-laki) sedang menonton TV ketika listrik padam.

2. Mereka sedang bermain bola saat hujan turun.

3. Aku sedang memasak ketika kamu datang.

4. Kami sedang belajar bahasa Inggris kemarin malam.

5. Ibu sedang menyapu halaman ketika aku pulang.

6. Kamu sedang tidur ketika gurumu menelepon.

7. Anak-anak sedang bernyanyi saat guru masuk ke kelas.

8. Saya sedang menulis surat ketika kamu mengirim pesan.

9. Ayah sedang mencuci mobil saat hujan mulai turun.