PAST CONTINUOUS 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 menyatakankejadian yang sedang terjadi pada masa lampau ketika perbuatan lain terjadi.

Kata keterangan yang sering dipakai:

when

while

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  +) 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 +) 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? +) 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?