THE PAST
CONTINUOUS TENSE
Past continuous tense is used :
1.
To talk about an action which was in progress at
a certain time in the past.
Pattern :
(+) S +
was/were + V-ing + O/C + adv. of time
Ex :
o
Ali was reading a novel at about 7 p.m last
night.
o
They were doing their homework together
yesterday.
(-) S +
was/were + not +V-ing + O/C + adv. of time
Ex :
o
I was not writing my poem last day.
o
The teachers were not teaching the students last
week.
(?)
was/were + S + V-ing + O/C + adv. of time + ?
Ex :
o
Were they doing their homework together
yesterday ?
o
Was Ali reading a novel at about 7 p.m last
night ?
2.
To talk about two actions that occurred at the
same time. One action began earlier and was in progress when the other action
occurred.
Situation :
o
the children had lunch, then their mother came
home. After that, the cjildren probably still had lunch.
The sentence :
o
the children were having lunch when their mother
came home.
While/when
|
Subject 1
|
Past continuous
|
Subject 2
|
Simple past
|
-
While
|
I
|
was sleeping,
|
the phone
|
rang.
|
-
When
|
Mr. Jono
|
was having a meeting,
|
a blast sound
|
was heard.
|
Subject 1
|
Past continuous
|
When
|
Subject 2
|
Simple past
|
-
We
|
Were
listening to the CD
|
When
|
Someone
|
Knocked
on the door
|
-
The teacher
|
Was explaining the lesson
|
When
|
The blackout
|
Happened
|
We can use when/while with
the past continuous tense, but we can only use when before the simple past tense.
3.
To talk about two long actions that were in
progress simultaneously.
- Example :
Meaning: Studying needs much time, cooking also needs much time. They are considered as in the same length of time.
While
|
Subject 1
|
Past Continuous
|
Subject 2
|
Past Continous
|
-
While
|
Mrs. Joe
|
was
cleaning the garden
|
Mr. Joe
|
was plowing
his field
|
-
While
|
The children
|
were practicing singing
|
the teenagers
|
were preparing for drama
|
SIMPLE
PAST TENSE
Simple
past tense is used to shows that an activity or situation began and ended at a
particular time in the past.
It
is used :
o
To express a completed action in the past.
Ex : I went to bandung
last month.
o
To express a series of completed actions.
Ex : Nindy woke up, made
his bed and then had a bath.
o
To show duration in the past.
Ex : Jack called him for
about one hour.
o
To show habits in the past.
Ex : she usually ran around
the park when she was young.
o
To describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer
true.
Ex : Mr. P-men was weak,
but now he’s strong.
Simple past
pattern
1. Nominal (kalimat dengan
predikat bukan kata kerja, kata kerjanya berupa To Be : was/were)
Pattern :
(+) S + was/were + C
Ex: Randy was here a few
minutes ago
(-) S + was/were + not + C
Ex: Sophie and Cassi were not lazy last night
(?) Was/were + S + C +?
Ex: Were they happy ?
2. Verbal (kalimat
dengan predikat berupa kata kerja lampau atau kata kerja
bentuk kedua)
Pattern :
(+) S + Verb2 + O/C
Ex: I called you yesterday
(-) S + did + not + verb1 + O/C
Ex: Nindy did not sing a song last week
(?) did + S + verb1 + O/C + ?
Ex: Did you send her letter this morning ?
Kind of verbs
in the simple past tense :
a.
Regular
Verbs
(kata kerja beraturan)
That means
that we can add -ed to the end of verbs.
Ex:
|
REGULAR VERBS
|
There are some rules to
make the verbs, look at the following rules :
|
b.
Irregular
Verbs
(kata kerja tak beraturan)
That means
that we can’t add –d/-ed to the end of the word. So, the irregular adverb is
change in its shape.
Ex:
|
IRREGULAR VERBS
|
But there
are some adverbs that doesn’t change and it is included to irregular verbs. For
example:
o
Read -> read
o
Cut -> cut
o
Hit -> hit
o
Let -> let
o
Etc.
The adverbs
of time
in the simple past tense are :
-
Just now
-
This morning
-
Yesterday
-
Last night
-
Last . . . ( week, Friday, month, year, etc. )
-
. . . ago ( a week, two months, some minutes, etc. )
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