PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past Continuous Tense adalah bentuk waktu yang digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu kejadian yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau.

VERBAL SENTENCE

+	I was watching television. S + WAS/WERE + V-ing
-	They were not watching television. S + WAS/WERE + NOT + V-ing
+?	Were you watching television? WAS/WERE + S + V-ing
-?	Weren’t they watching television? WASN’T/WEREN’T + S + V-ing Were they not watching television? WAS/WERE + S + NOT + V-ing
AS+WH?	Who was watching television? QW + WAS/WERE + V-ing
AS-WH?	Who wasn’t watching television? QW + WASN’T/WEREN’T + V-ing
AOPC+WH?	What time were you watching television? QW + WAS/WERE + S + V-ing
AOPC-WH?	Why weren’t they watching television? QW + WASN’T/WEREN’T + S + V-ing Why were they not watching television? QW + WAS/WERE + S + NOT + V-ing

NOMINAL SENTENCE

Pola kalimat nominal (Nominal Sentence) untuk Past Continuous Tense sama dengan pola kalimat nominal untuk Simple Past Tense.

Keterangan: 

+	Positive Statement/Kalimat Pernyataan Positif
-	Negative Statement/Kalimat Pernyataan Negatif
+?	Positive – Interrogative – Yes/No Question
-?	Negative – Interrogative – Yes/No Question
AS+WH?	Asking Subject – Positive – Information Question
AS-WH?	Asking Subject – Negative – Information Question
AOPC+WH?	Asking Object/Predicate/Complement – Positive – Information Question
AOPC-WH?	Asking Object/Predicate/Complement – Negative – Information Question

Ref: 

Iksanudin. 2011. The Pattern of the Verb Tenses: ACTIVE VOICE.