Transcript Past Tense and Past Continous

Past Tense and Past Continous
To express the activities happened in
the Past / previous action
Analyze these sentences!!
Past Tense
• I was sad last night
• Doni was sick yesterday
• We were the winner of the
game last year
• I watched football match
yesterday morning
• Karin bought a new car two
weeks ago
• They studied about Healthy
Fish yesterday afternoon
Past Continous
• I was watching cartoon last
night
• They were playing soccer in
campus last Saturday
afternoon
• Marina was talking on the
last night
Analyze these sentences!!
• I was talking on the
phone when Tiwi
knocked the door last
night.
• While I was cooking for
lunch, the phone rang
many times yesterday
• When Bowo came to
my house yesterday,
Didi was sleeping on
sofa.
• I hit the motorcycle in
front of me while I was
driving my own car two
days ago
Formula/ Pattern
ToBe
Subject+was/were+kt sifat/kt.
benda/kt.ket
• He was exteremely hungry
last night
• I was so sleepy in the
classroom yesterday
• The cows were so fat a
month ago
Verb 2
Subject+verb 2
(regular/irregular)+ Object
• I dreamt about being a
president, last night.
• Ferdi drank too much coffee
last night.
• I watched a detective movie
on TV three days ago.
• They played tennis in the
city hall
Examples
TO be (negative+interrogative)
• When I was young, I was
not fat
• We were not thirsty at all
yesterday morning.
• Was Susan sick last night?
• Were you in Bali three days
ago?
Verbs (negative+interrogative)
• I did not eat anything last
night.
• They did not study Math a
week ago.
• Did you come late yesterday
afternoon?
• Did the leader tell us about
the homework yesterday?
When and While
When: can be used for Past Tense and Past
Continous
• When I was sleeping , a man broke the window
last night
• I was sleeping when a man broke the window last
night
While: Only used for Past Continous
• While I was sleeping, a man broke the window.
Please, correct the sentences!
• Fitri entered Tirtayasa University eight
months ago
• Aryo went to campus last night
• Yeshi wrote an article last Sunday morning
• Surya fed his fish yesterday afternoon
• Fery celebrated her brother’s birthday
yesterday afternoon
• Tedi drew ricefield and city park last monday
Something, Anything, Nothing
• I did not eat anything last night
• I ate nothing last night
• I ate something last night
• I wanted to meet somebody last night
• I did not meet anybody last night
• I met nobody last night
Someone, Anyone, No One
• I met someone special
last night
• I did not meet anyone
special last night
• I met no one at the
book store last night
• Did you see anyone
here, yesterday
morning?
• I saw no one, here.
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Tito operated laptop this morning
Desy was back to dormitory/boarding house
Devy went to mosque
Suhe had lunch
Ita discussed her task