PAST CONTINOUS TENSE

When my father came yesterday, my mom was watching TV and Adzim was eating bakso but Bita and I were sleeping in my father’s room.

Past continous tense digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang sedang terjadi pada masa lampau ketika perbuatan lain terjadi.

Kata keterangan yang sering dipakai:
a. When
b. While
c. As

Ket : masing-masing dapat digunakan di tengah atau di awal kalimat

Pola kalimat

S + was/were + Ving

S + was/were + not + Ving

was/were + S + Ving?  Contoh a. +) Andi was sleeping when his father came home last night     -) Andi was not sleeping when his father came home last night     ?) Was andi sleeping when his father came home last night? b. +) Those boys were watching TV at 10 a.m last morning      -) Those boys were not watching TV at 10 a.m last morning      ?) Were those boys watching TV at 10 a.m last morning c. +) The boys were playing chess while the teacher came     -) The boys were not playing chess while the teacher came     ?) Were the boys playing chess while the teacher came