Past Continuous Tense

Past continuous tense is used to show an action which continued for some times in the past. Sometimes, it is used to show that one action continued when a second action began in the past.
(Past continuous tense digunakan untuk menunjukkan sebuah tindakan yang berlanjut beberapa kali di masa lampau. Terkadang juga digunakan untuk menunjukkan bahwa satu tindakan berlanjut ketika tindakan kedua dimulai di waktu lampau).

Pattern:

• Subject + was/were + Verb-ing + Object + adverb
• Subject + was/were + Verb-ing + Object + when + Subject + Verb2 + Object

Notes:

• Subject I, He She, It : was 
• Subject You, We, They: were

Examples:

• I was sleeping at 09.00 last night. (Saya sedang tidur jam 09.00 tadi malam)
• They were playing soccer at 04.00 PM yesterday. (Mereka sedang bermain sepak bola jam 04.00 sore kemarin)
• Brian was going out when I picked him up. (Brian sedang pergi ketika saya menjemputnya).
• I was reading a novel while my sister practiced singing. (Saya sedang membaca novel sementara saudara perempuan saya berlatih menyanyi)

Change the verb in the parentheses into past continuous tense forms. The first is an example.

(Ubahlah kata kerja yang ada di dalam kurung menjadi bentuk Past continuous tense. Bagian pertama adalah contoh).

1. The passengers (wait) were waiting for the departure at 09.00 A.M.
2. Father (take) ......................... a nap at 03.00 this afternoon.
3. The pupils (have).................. a break at 10.00 this morning.
4. Mr. Lion (lie)........................ down when Miss Mouse ran over his face.
5. The Villagers (work)............. on their farm when the volcano suddenly (erupt)........