Past Continuous Tense

Rumus:

• (+) S + was, were + Ving
• (-) S + was, were + not + Ving
• (?) was, were + S + Ving ?

Fungsi:

untuk menyatakan aktifitas atau kejadian yang berlangsung dimasa lampau dan biasanya ada aktifitas atau kejadian lain dimasa lampau juga.

Contoh:

• I was walking down the street when it began to rain.
• Last year at this time, i was not attending school.
• Were you washing when i came this morning?

Note:

• Jika subjeknya berupa I, she, he, it dan singular lainya, maka menggunakan auxiliary “was” kecuali pada conditional sentence.
• Jika subjeknya berupa they, we, you dan plural lainya, maka menggunakan  auxiliary “were”.