The Past Progressive Tense

1. Brenda was eating breakfast when her friends called yesterday morning.
2. We were discussingour next plans while theywere preparing something yesterday morning.
3. He got a phone call from my father when he was working in the office Yesterday morning.
4. Jenny was cooking lunch when her friends came to her house.
5. When see you again to my house last night, I was typing this letter.
6. While Jane was cleaning the apartment, her husband was reading a magazine.
7. Jack was painting the house when you called him yesterday morning.
8. When he left me, I was talking to one of our regular customers.
9. We were having lunch when you came to my office yesterday.
10. The students were talking when the teacher entered the room.

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Explication

Past progressiveataupast continuousadalah bentuk kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menyatakan aksi yangsedang terjadidi suatu ketika di kalalampau.

Past progressivedibentuk dari kata kerja bantubedalam bentuklampau (was/were) dan present participle dari kata kerja (v-ing).

Contoh:

• I was studying.
• You were reading a book.

Konstruksi kalimat dengan kata kerja dalam past progressive adalah:

(+) subject + was/were + present participle (v-ing)

(-) subject + was/were + not + present participle

(?) was/were + subject + present participle

Contoh:

• He was laughing.
• She wasn't speaking.
• Weretheyusing the computer?

Past progressive digunakan untuk:

1. aksi yang sedang terjadi di waktu spesifikdi kalalampau.

E.g. At 7 o'clock this morning, I was having breakfast.

2. Aksi yang sedang terjadidi kalalampaulaludiinterupsi oleh aksi lain.

E.g. Mum was cooking when I got home.

3. Aksi/keadaan yang sedang terjadiselamaperiodetertentu di kalalampau.

E.g. It was snowing every day that winter.

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Details

Year: 8

Subject: English

Category: Structure and Written Expression

Sub-category: The past progressive

Code: 8.5

Keywords: past progressive, past continuous