Simple Past Continous Tense

Purpose          : Untuk menyatakan suatu peristiwa yang sedang dilakukan pada masa lampau ketika kejadian lain mengikuti.

Contoh:

-          Aku sedang mencuci baju ketika ibuku pulang dari pasar kemaren

-          Mereka sedang belajar ketika ayah mereka memanggil mereka (masa lampau)

Masih ingat to be simple past tense? Ya, benar sekali, was and were

Formula: 

   Subject +was/were+ Verb-ing (jika ada kalimat mengikuti maka dalam bentuk past tense)

Examples:

aa.  I was washing clothes when my mom came home from market yesterday

bb. They were studying when their dad called them

cc. She was reading her book while her little brother sat beside her.

Umumnya dua kalimat tersebut dihubungkan dengan kata penghubung ‘when/while’ yang artinya ‘ketika’.

To change the sentence into negative and interrogative, here is the example:

(+) I was washing clothes when my mom came from market yesterday

(-)  I was not washing clothes when my mom came from market yesterday

(?) Were you washing clothes when your mom came from market yesterday?

Yes, I was

No, I was not/ No, I wasn't