TENSES
Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense
Verbal :
a. Pola Kalimat
(+) S + was/were + verb-ing + O.
(-) S + was/were + not + verb-ing + O.
(?) Was/Were + S + verb-ing + O ?
WERE : digunakan untuk subject you, they, we.
WAS : digunakan untuk subject I, she, he, it.
b. Contoh :
(+) They were sleeping all morning yesterday.
(-) They were not sleeping all morning yesterday.
(?) Were they sleeping all morning yesterday ?
Yes, they were.
No, they were not.
c. Digunakan untuk menyatakan aktivitas yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu lampau ketika perbuatan lain terjadi di waktu lampau.
e.g : When the teacher came, the boys were playing chess.
: We were studying English while the bell rang.
Nominal Sentence :
Pola :
(+) S + was/were + (being) + complement.
(-) S + was/were + not + (being) + complement.
(?) Was/Were + S + (being) + complement ?
Contoh :
She was (being) crazy.
d. Keterangan waktu untuk past continuous tense.
– All morning yesterday : sepanjang pagi kemarin.
– At ….. o’clock yesterday : ………. Jam kemarin.
– As …… : ketika.
– When …… : ketika.
– While : ketika/sementara.
e. Menggunakan kata Tanya.
1. Untuk menanyakan subject.
Q.W. + was + verb-ing + O ?
2. Untuk menanyakan selain subject.
Q.W. + was/were + S + verb-ing + O ?
Contoh :
Aboy was advising her brother.
a b
a. How many boys were advising her brother ?
b. Whose brother was a boy advising ?
Book : The Understanding Grammar
Written by : Agus Daman Huri
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