PAST
CONTINOUS | Arti Rumus Time Signal dan Contoh
Apa sih itu Past Continous ?
Bagaimana cara menggunakannya dalam kehidupan sehari - hari ?
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6. PAST CONTINOUS
Past Continous adalah tense nomor enam dari 16 tense
yang ada.
Past Continous digunakan untuk
menyatakan kejadian yang sedang berlangsung pada waktu tertentu di masa lampau
atau yang terjadi saat kejadian lain terjadi.
Contoh : - Mereka sedang menyanyikan lagu dangdut jam
8 pagi kemarin.
- Kita sedang berkumpul di rumah Ibu Shifa tanggal 20 bulan lalu.
Time Signal : - at 4 o'clock yesterday
(jam empat kemarin)
- at this moment yesterday (di waktu yang sama
kemarin)
- when ________ ( when di ikuti tense nomor 5, SIMPLE PAST)
- while ________ (while di ikuti tense yang sama,
yaitu nomo 6, PAST CONTINOUS)
- etc.
Formula :
(+) S + was / were + V-ing + (O) + (Adv).
(-) S + was / were + not +
V-ing + (O) + (Adv).
(?) Was / Were + S + V-ing + (O) + (Adv) ?
(-?) Wasn't / Weren't + S + V-ing + (O) + (Adv) ?
Keterangan : - S = Subject
- O =
Object
- Was = untuk
Subject I, He, She,It.
- Were = untuk
Subject You,They, We.
- V-ing
= Verb-ing (present participle)
-
Adv = Adverb (kata keterangan)
E.g
(example) :
(+)
I was helping my mother at this time yesterday. (Saya
sedang membantu ibuku pada waktu yang sama kemarin.)
(-) I
was not helping my mother at this time yesterday. (Saya tidak sedang
membantu ibuku pada waktu yang sama kemarin.)
(?)
Was I helping my mother at this time yesterday ?
(Apakah saya sedang membantu ibuku pada waktu yang sama kemarin ?)
(-?)
Wasn't I helping my mother at this time yesterday ? (Bukankah
saya sedang membantu ibuku pada waktu yang sama kemarin ?)
(+)
We were watching movie when Naufal came.
(-)
We were not watching movie when Naufal came.
(?)
Were we watching movie when Naufal came ?
(-?) Weren't
we watching movie when Naufal came ?
(+)
Tasya was riding a bike while her mother was sweeping the yard.
(-)
Tasya was not riding a bike while her mother was sweeping the yard.
(?)
Was Tasya riding a bike while her mother was sweeping the yard ?
(-?)
Wasn't Tasya riding a bike while her mother was sweeping the yard ?
Cara
Menanyakan Kalimat Past Continous Menggunakan Question Word (kata tanya) :
They were
checking the machine when I opened the
door.
a
b
c
d
a. Who
was checking the machine when I opened the door ?
b. What
were they doing when I opened the door ?
c. What
were they checking when I opened the door ?
d. When
were they checking the machine ?
NOTE :
a. Kata tanya untuk menanyakan posisi Subjek
Q.W + was + Verb-ing + (O) + (Adv) ?
b. Kata
tanya untuk menanyakan posisi selain Subjek
Q.W + was / were + S + Verb-ing + (O) + (Adv) ?
c. Menggunakan
"doing" pada semua Subjek ketika menanyakan Verb.
Q.W
= Question Word
Nah, itulah penjelasan mengenai Past Continous ..
Terima kasih telah berkunjung . May it can be useful : ) ....
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