PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Adalah kalimat yang menerangkan tentang suatu kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung pada masa lampau sedang di saat yang bersamaan terjadi kejadian berikutnya.

Kalimat ini mempunyai ciri-ciri yang mudah untuk di bedakan dengan kalimat- kalimat lainnya. Kwerena kalimat ini juga memakai kata kerja bentuk ke satu namun sebelumnya di ikuti tobe dan di tambah ing
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Rumus-rumusnya sebagai berikut :

(+)   S + To be + V₁-ing + Adverb

(-)   S + To be + not + V₁-ing + Adverb­

(?)  To be + S + V₁-ing + Adverb

(-?) To be + not + S + V₁-ing + Adverb

Examples:

(+)   I was eating fried rice last Sunday.

(-)   I was not eating fried rice last Sunday.

(?)   Was I eating fried rice last Sunday?

(-?) Was not I eating fried rice last Sunday?

(+)   You were eating fried rice last Sunday.

(-)   You were not eating fried rice last Sunday.

(?)   Were you eating fried rice last Sunday?

(-?) Were not you eating fried rice last Sunday?

(+)   We were eating fried rice last Sunday.

(-)   We were not eating fried rice last Sunday.

(?)   Were we eating fried rice last Sunday?

(-?) Were not we eating fried rice last Sunday?

(+)   They were eating fried rice last Sunday.

(-)   They were not eating fried rice last Sunday.

(?)   Were they eating fried rice last Sunday?

(-?) Were not they eating fried rice last Sunday?

(+)   He was eating fried rice last Sunday.

(-)   He was not eating fried rice last Sunday.

(?)   Was he eating fried rice last Sunday?

(-?) Was not they eating fried rice last Sunday?

(+)   She was eating fried rice last Sunday.

(-)   She was not eating fried rice last Sunday.

(?)   Was she eating fried rice last Sunday?

(-?) Was not she eating fried rice last Sunday?

(+)   It was eating fried rice last Sunday.

(-)   It was not eating fried rice last Sunday.

(?)   Was it eating fried rice last Sunday?

(-?) Was not it eating fried rice last Sunday?

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