Formula untuk Past Continuous atau Past Progressive Tense adalah:
Subject + (Was/Were) + (Verb1+ing) + Object + Modifier |
Contoh:
- Farmers in Jati Bali were growing rice crops at 9 a.m yesterday. (Petani-petani di Jati Bali sedang menanam padi jam 9 pagi kemarin).
- Some students were conducting research on vegetative plant propagations when I went to the agronomy laboratory two days ago. (Beberapa siswa sedang melakukan penelitian pada perbanyakan tanaman vegetatif ketika saya pergi ke lab. agronmy dua hari lalu).
- Transpiration was starting to increase at 8 a.m. this morning. (Transpirasi sedang mulai meningkat jam 8 pagi tadi).
Penggunaan Past Continuous Tense
1. Past Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sedang terjadi pada waktu yang spesifik di masa lampau. Dalam hal ini, spesifikasi waktu biasanya dinyatakan dengan jam (i.e. jam berapa kejadian itu berlangsung).
Contoh:
- My daughter was watching TV at eight o’clock last night. (Anak saya sedang nonton TV jam 8 tadi malam).
- She was copying the materials at 10 o’clock this morning. (Dia sedang memfotokopi materi jam 10 tadi pagi).
- I was discussing English with my classmates at 2 p.m. last Friday. (Saya sedang mendiskusikan bahasa Inggris dengan teman-teman kelas saya jam 2 sore hari Jumat yang lalu).
- I was being busy at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. (Saya sedang sibuk jam 8 pagi kemarin).
- They were being very happy at 9 o’clock last Saturday night. (Mereka sedang sangat bahagia jam 9 malam minggu lalu).
2. Past Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sedang terjadi atau sedang berlangsung di masa lampau, yang terinterupsi oleh kejadian yang lain. Dalam hal ini, formulanya adalah sebagai berikut:
When + subject1 + simple past tense, subject2 + past continuous |
Subject1 + past continuous + when + subject2 + simple past tense |
Note: Kejadian/aktivitas yang menginterupsi dinyatakan dalam past tense dan berfungsi sebagai keterangan waktu. Jika ditempatkan di awal kalimat, sisipkan tanda koma sebelum main clause.
Contoh:
- When I came home, my daughter was watching TV. (Ketika saya pulang, putri saya sedang nonton TV).
- When I called him last night, he was playing card with his friends. (Ketika saya telpon dia tadi malam, dia sedang main kartu dengan teman-temannya).
- When she screamed for help, we were chitchatting. (Ketika dia berteriak minta tolong, kami sedang ngobrol).
- When someone broke into our house, we were sleeping. (Ktika seseorang masuk/mencuri ke dalam rumah kami, kami sedang tidur).
- I held my breath when somebody was behaving suspiciously in my backyard. (Saya menahan nafas saya ketika seseorang bertingkah laku mencurigakan di belakang rumah saya).
3. Past Continuous Tense juga digunakan untuk menyatakan dua kejadian yang terjadi pada saat bersamaan di masa lampau. Dalam hal ini, formula berikut biasanya digunakan.
While + subject1 + past continuous, subject2 + past continuous |
Subject1 + past continuous + while + subject2 + past continuous |
Contoh:
- While I was typing this note, my family was watching TV in the family room. (Sementara saya sedang mengetik catatan ini, keluarga saya sedang nonton TV di ruang keluarga).
- While the president was giving his speech, the audience was listening to him carefully. (Sementara presiden sedang berpidato, pemirsa/hadirin sedang mendengarkannya dengan seksama).
- Male students were playing around while female ones were chitchatting. (Murid-murid laki-laki sedang bermain-main sementara murid-murid wanita sedang ngobrol).
- My roommate was snoring loudly while I was studying. (Teman sekamar saya sedang mendengkur keras sementara saya sedang belajar).
- We were smoking while we were drinking. (Kami sedang merokok sementara kami sedang minum).
Negative Form untuk Past Continuous Tense
Bentuk negatif dari kalimat dalam Past Continuous Tense dibuat dengan menambahkan ‘not’ setelah be were/was, seperti yang terlihat dalam formula berikut:
Subject + (was/were) + not + (verb1+ing) + object + modifier |
Contoh:
- My daughter was not watching TV at eight o’clock last night. (Anak saya tidak sedang nonton TV jam 8 tadi malam).
- She was not copying the materials at 10 o’clock this morning. (Dia tidak sedang memfotokopi materi jam 10 tadi pagi).
- I was not discussing English with my classmates at 2 p.m. last Friday. (Saya tidak sedang mendiskusikan bahasa Inggris dengan teman-teman kelas saya jam 2 sore hari Jumat yang lalu).
- I was not being busy at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. (Saya sedang tidak sibuk jam 8 pagi kemarin).
- They were not being very happy at 9 o’clock last Saturday night. (Mereka sedang tidak sangat bahagia jam 9 malam minggu lalu).
- When I came home, my daughter was not watching TV. (Ketika saya pulang, putri saya tidak sedang nonton TV).
- When I called him last night, he was not playing card with his friends. (Ketika saya telpon dia tadi malam, dia tidak sedang main kartu dengan teman-temannya).
- When she screamed for help, we were not chitchatting. (Ketika dia berteriak minta tolong, kami sedang ngobrol).
- Someone broke into our house when we were not sleeping. (Seseorang masuk/mencuri ke dalam rumah kami ketika kami tidak sedang tidur).
- I breathed well when somebody was not behaving suspiciously in my backyard. (Saya bernafas lega ketika seseorang tidak sedang bertingkah laku mencurigakan di belakang rumah saya).
- While I was not typing this note, we were watching TV in the family room. (Sementara saya sedang mengetik catatan ini, kami sedang nonton TV di ruang keluarga).
- While the president was giving his speech, the audience was not listening to him carefully. (Sementara presiden sedang berpidato, pemirsa/hadirin tidak sedang mendengarkannya dengan seksama).
- Male students were not playing around while female ones were chitchatting. (Murid-murid laki-laki tidak sedang bermain-main sementara murid-murid wanita sedang ngobrol).
- My roommate was not snoring loudly while I was studying. (Teman sekamar saya sedang tidak mendengkur keras sementara saya sedang belajar).
- We were not smoking while we were not drinking. (Kami sedang tidak sedang merokok sementara kami tidak sedang minum).
Yes/No Questions untuk Past Continuous Tense
Bentuk Yes/No Questions untuk Past Continuous Tense mengikuti formula berikut:
(Was/were) +subject + (verb1+ing) + object + modifier? |
Contoh:
- Was your daughter watching TV at eight o’clock last night? (Apakah putrid kamu sedang nonton TV jam 8 tadi malam?).
- Was she copying the materials at 10 o’clock this morning? (Apakah dia sedang memfotokopi materi jam 10 tadi pagi?).
- Were you discussing English with your classmates at 2 p.m. last Friday? (Apakah kamu sedang mendiskusikan bahasa Inggris dengan teman-teman kelasmu jam 2 sore hari Jumat yang lalu?).
- Were you being busy at 8 o’clock yesterday morning? (Apakah kamu sedang sibuk jam 8 pagi kemarin?).
- Were they being very happy at 9 o’clock last Saturday night? (Apakah mereka sedang sangat bahagia jam 9 malam minggu lalu?). Dan seterusnya.
Modifier of time untuk Past Continuous Tense
Dari contoh-contoh kalimat di atas dapat kita lihat bahwa modifier of time (keterangan waktu) untuk kalimat-kalimat dalam past continuous tense adalah berupa advervial phrases, yaitu:
- at + jam + last night/two days ago/yesterday morning, dst. Misalnya: at eight o’clock last night, at 10 this morning, dst.
- when + simple past tense. Misalnya: when I came home, when I called him last night, dst.
- while + past continuous tense. Misalnya: while I was typing this note, while we were drinking, dst.
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