- Menyatakan bahwa seseorang sedang atau telah berada di tengah-tengah suatu kejadian atau peristiwa pada masa lampu di waktu tertentu (I was studying at 8 o’clock last night: saya sedang belajar pada jam 8 tadi malam)
- Simple Past dan Past Continuous sering digunakan bersama untuk mengungkapkan sesuatu telah terjadi pada sesuatu yang lain (I studied when you were sleeping: saya telah belajar ketika kamu sedang tidur)
Rumus Past Continuous Tense
Affirmative
Subject + was/were + verb-ing
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I was studying English
You/ we/ they were studying English
He/ she/ my friend/ it was eating
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Negative
Subject + was/were + not + verb-ing
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I wasn’t studying English
You/ we/ they weren’t studying English
He/ she/ my friend/ it wasn’t eating
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Interrogative
Was/were + subject + verb-ing
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Was I studying English
Were you/ we/ they weren’t studying English
Was he/ she/ my friend/ it eating
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Negative interrogative
Was/were + not + subject + verb-ing
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Wasn’t I studying English
Weren’t you/ we/ they weren’t working
Wasn’t he/ she/ my friend/ it eating
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Bentuk Pertanyaan Short Answer
Past
Continuous Tense
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Pertanyaan
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Jawaban Pendek
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Jawaban Lengkap
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Were they working?
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Yes they were
No, they weren’t
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Yes they were working
No, they weren’t working
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Was he working?
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Yes he was
No, he wasn’t
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Yes he was working
No, he was working
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