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o The people were attending the seminar while I was presenting my
research work in the conference
o They were eating dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good
time
o While Fadil was sleeping last night, someone stole his cycle at
home.
o While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off
o I wasn’t paying attention while I was writing the letter, so I made
several mistakes.
o While Elia was reading a novel, Mentari was watching a Korean
movie.

Past Continuous Tense dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan
bahwa suatu kejadian terjadi saat kejadian lain sedang
berlangsung.

Examples:
o I was doing my homework when my mother came to my room and
gave me a plate of cookies.
o We were still eating dinner when you came to home
o You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the radio off
o Tom burnt his hand when he was cooking dinner.
o Samsul was waiting for us when we got off the plane
o I saw Jimmy in the park. He was sitting on the grass and was reading
a book.
o When I walked into the office, some people were busily typing a
letter and talking on the phones
Please observe the following patterns. Past continuous tense in
form of + / - / ? sentences.

(+) Subject + was / (-) Subject + wasn’t (?) Was / were +
were + Verb ing + / weren’t + Verb Subject + Verb ing
Object ing + Object + Object ?
(+) The secretary (-) the secretary (?) Was the
was preparing some wasn’t preparing secretary preparing
documents when the any documents any documents
boss took a leave when the boss took when the boss took
a leave a leave?

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