The document defines and provides examples of the past continuous tense. The past continuous tense describes actions that began in the past and often continued for a short time after, such as "I was playing" or "She was cooking". It uses the structure of subject + was/were + verb+ing. The tense can be used to indicate an action occurring during a moment in the past, an unfinished action interrupted by another event, or something that continued before and after a particular time or action.

1. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
GROUP 6 :
• INKA YANSI
• DHIRGHAM GAMA S
• SULTAN BADARSYAH

2. DEFINITION
THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE IS USED TO DESCRIBE ACTIONS
THAT BEGAN IN THE PAST AND OFTEN CONTINUED FOR A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE ACTION STARTED. THIS TENSE
DESCRIBES ACTIONS OR EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT A SPECIFIC
TIME IN THE PAST.

3. FORM
(+) S + WAS/WERE + V1 + ING + O
(-) S + WASN’T/WEREN’T + V1 + ING + O
(?) WAS/WERE + S + V1 + ING + O ?

4. EXAMPLE
Positive(+) Negative(-) Interrogative(?)
I was playing I was not playing Was I playing?
I was doing my homework
at this time yesterday
I wasn’t doing my
homework at this time
yesterday
Was I doing my
homework at this time
yesterday?
We were studying at this
time last night
We weren’t studying at
this time last night
Were we studying at this
time last night?
She was cooking She was not cooking Was she cooking?
He was sleeping when I
came
He was not sleeping when
I came
Was he sleeping when I
came ?

5. THE USE OF PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
1. TO INDICATE AN ACTION THAT OCCURS DURING A PARTICULAR MOMENT IN
THE PAST.
2. TO DESCRIBE AN UNFINISHED ACTION THAT WAS INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER
EVENT OR ACTION.
3. FOR SOMETHING WHICH CONTINUED BEFORE AND AFTER ANOTHER ACTION.
4. OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND AFTER A PARTICULAR TIME.
5. TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING CONTINUED FOR SOME TIME.
6. OR SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING AGAIN AND AGAIN.