Past Continous Tense

Past Continous Tenses

What is Past Continous Tense?

• The past continous tense is used when you explain events

that were happening in the past

• (Past continous tense digunakan ketika kamu menceritakan

kejadian yang sedang terjadi tapi di masa lampau

• Example : Hermione was reading a book yesterday

(Hermione sedang membaca buku kemarin)

Key Features of Past Continous Tense

Hermione was reading a book yesterday

1. to be (was, were)

2. V+ing
3.Time markers
(optional)

Subject: I, he, she, it

Subject: you, we, they

Forms of Past Continous Tense?

(+) Positive

Subject + to be (was, were) + Verb-ing

I

was

walking.

S

to be

Verb-ing

Example :
•

You were smiling.

•

Martin was talking.  He was
talking

•

Via was laughing.

 She was

laughing

•

It was raining.

•

The celebrities were singing. 
They were singing

•

We were cooking.

Forms of Past Continous Tense?

(-) Negative

Subject + to be (was, were) + not +
Verb-ing

I

was

not

walking.

S

to be

Verb-ing

Example :
•

You were not smiling.

•

Martin was not talking.  He
was not talking

•

Via was not laughing.

 She

was not laughing

•

It was not raining.

•

The celebrities were not singing.
 They were not singing

•

We were not cooking.

Forms of Past Continous Tense?

(?) Interrogative

to be (was, were) + Subject + Verb-ing?

was

I

walking?

to be S

Verb-ing

Example :
•

Were you smiling?

•

Was Martin talking?  Was he
talking?

•

Was Via laughing?  Was she
laughing?

•

Was it raining?

•

Were the celebrities singing? 
Were they singing?

•

Were we cooking?