Past continuous tense

UNIT 3.Past continuous tense 3.1 fungsi past continuous The past continuous menggambarkan aksi atau kejadian di waktu yang lalu, yang telah dimulai diwaktu yang lalu itu dan masih sedang berlangsung ketika kejadian yang lainnya terjadi. 3.1.1 Digunakan sebagai: • seringkali, menggambarkan latar belakang sebuah cerita dimasa lalu, contoh. "The sun was shining and the birds were singing as the elephant came out of the jungle. The other animals were relaxing in the shade of the trees, but the elephant moved very quickly. She was looking for her baby, and she didn't notice the hunter who was watching her through his binoculars. When the shot rang out, she was running towards the river..." • menggambarkan suatu Tindakan yang belum selesai yang kemudian disusul atu ditimpa dengan kejadian tindakan yang lain, contoh. "I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang." • Menggambarkan perubahan rencana/pikiran: contoh. "I was going to spend the day at the beach but I've decided to get my homework done instead." • Membuat permintaan sopan with 'wonder', to make a very polite request: e.g. "I was wondering if you could baby-sit for me tonight." contoh • They were waiting for the bus when the accident happened. • Caroline was skiing when she broke her leg. • When we arrived he was having a bath. • When the fire started I was watching television. bentuk past continuous dari kata kerja terdiri dari dua bagian : bentuk past tense kata kerja "to be" (was/were), dan bentuk dasar kata kerja +ing. Subject +was/were +base + ing They were watching Affirmative She was reading Negative She wasn't reading Interrogative Was she reading? Interrogative negative Wasn't she reading? To play, past continuous https://www.ef.com Affirmative Negative interrogative I was playing I was not playing Was I playing You were playing You were not playing Were you playing? He was playing He wasn't playing Was he playing? We were playing We weren't playing Were we playing? They were playing They weren't playing Were they playing?