- Pengertian
Past continuous tense dibentuk dengan auxiliary verb “be”, berupa was/were – karena past tense (masa lalu), dan present participle. Was untuk singular subject (I, she, he, it, dan kata ganti orang ketiga) dan were untuk plural subject (you, they, we, orang ketiga jamak)
Example:
Menggunakan rumus:
" S + was/were + Verb -ing "
- The team was running
- The sun was shining brightly
- The sun was shining brightly when she woke up.
- I was sleeping when he went to school.
- While I was sleeping, he went to school.
- As I was sleeping, he went to school.
- Fungsi
Example:
- I was shopping at this time yesterday.
- They were roasting corn at this time last night.
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