Pengertian past continuous tense
Past continuous tense adalah bentuk tense yang menyatakan suatu tindakan yang sedang berlangsung di masa lampau. Ciri dari tense ini adalah menggunakan was/were + verb-ing. Contoh:
- I was sleeping.
- They were playing.
Good morning class!!! Yuk baca penjelasan lengkapnya dibawah ini!
Kali ini kita akan bahas mengenai past continuous tense, meliputi pola/rumus, penggunaan, dan contoh kalimatnya.
Pola/Rumus Past Continuous Tense
Berikut adalah pola dari past continuous:
Kalimat Positif
Pola: Subject + was/were + verb -ing (verb: read) |
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I was reading. |
You were reading. |
We were reading. |
They were reading. |
He was reading. |
She was reading. |
Untuk subject:
- I, he, she dan it gunakan was
- You, we, dan they gunakan were
Kalimat Negatif
Pola: Subject + Was/were + NOT + verb -ing (verb: read) |
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I was not reading. |
You were not reading. |
We were not reading. |
They were not reading. |
He was not reading. |
She was not reading. |
Untuk subject:
- I, he, she dan it gunakan was not (wasn’t)
- You, we, dan they gunakan were not (weren’t)
Was not dan were not bisa disingkat menjadi wasn’t dan weren’t. Penjelasannya bisa dilihat disini.
Kalimat Tanya
Pola: Was/were + subject + verb -ing (verb: read) |
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Was I reading? |
Were you reading? |
Were we reading? |
Were they reading? |
Was he reading? |
Was she reading? |
Untuk kalimat tanya menggunakan WH-question words, kita tinggal menambahkannya didepan kalimat tanya tersebut.
What Where When Who Why How | + was/were + subject + verb-ing? |
Contoh:
- What were you reading?
- Where was she going?
- Why were they fighting?
Perhatian! Ada beberapa kata kerja yang tidak bisa digunakan dalam bentuk continuous
Menurut Thomson dan Martinet (156: 1986), ada beberapa kata kerja yang tidak bisa digunakan dalam bentuk continuous antara lain:
know | hear | smell |
taste | like | dislike |
hate | want | need |
love | belong | owe |
own | possess | seem |
believe | respect | understand |
I was wanting.She was liking.They were hating.dan sebaginya.
Kapan kita menggunakan past continuous tense?
Pertama, untuk menyatakan suatu tindakan yang sedang berlangsung di masa lalu yang diinterupsi oleh tindakan singkat lainnya.
Contoh kalimat:
I was reading a book when my mother called me. (Saya sedang membaca buku ketika ibu memanggil saya.) Tindakan yang sedang berlangsung: I was reading a book Tindakan singkat yang menginterupsi: my mother called me |
While you were writing a letter, I came. (Saat kamu sedang menulis surat, saya datang.) Tindakan yang sedang berlangsung: you were writing a letter Tindakan singkat yang menginterupsi: I came |
Kedua, untuk menyatakan apa yang sedang terjadi pada waktu tertentu di masa lalu.
Contoh kalimat:
At 10 o'clock, I was studying at school. (Pada jam 10, saya sedang belajar di sekolah.) |
At 4 o'clock,they were playing football. (Pada jam 4, mereka sedang bermain bola.) |
Ketiga, untuk menggambarkan latar atau kondisi dari sebuah cerita.
Contoh kalimat:
People were laughing, the children were singing. Suddenly an accident happened. (Orang-orang tertawa, anak-anak bernyanyi. Tiba-tiba kecelakaan terjadi.) |
Keempat, tense ini bisa juga untuk menyatakan kebiasaan yang dilakukan di masalalu. (biasanya menggunakan kata always & constantly)
Contoh kalimat:
He was always smoking. (Dia selalu merokok.) |
You were constantly dancing in those days. (Kamu terus-menerus menari pada masa itu.) |
Okay, class. Bagaimana materinya? Nah, itu semua materi yang berkaitan dengan past continuous tense meliputi pengertian, rumus, penggunaan dan contoh kalimat.
Sekarang sudah tahu kan mengenai tense ini? Terus belajar dan berlatih ya. Semoga materi ini dapat menambah pengetahuan kita semua.
Baca juga tenses lainnya:
- Simple past tense
- Simple present tense
- Present continuous tense
- Present perfect tense
- dan Present perfect continuous tense
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References:
- Thomson, A. J and A. V. Martinet. 1986. A Practical English Grammar fourth Edition. Oxford University Press: New York.
- Wishon, George E and Julia M. Burks. 1980. Let’s Write English Revised Edition. Litton Educational Publishing, Inc: New York.
- Past continuous. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/past-continuous-tense/. Accessed on January 13, 2020.
- Past continuous use. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-continuous-use.html. Accessed on January 13, 2020.
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