Latihan Soal Past Continuous Tense : Membedakan Penggunaan When dan While dalam Kalimat

Past continuous tense merupakan bentuk tenses yang menunjukkan suatu aktifitas yang sedang dilakukan di masa lalu. Secara umum bentuk past continuous tense adalah sebagai berikut,

• Positive sentence:  Subjek + was/ were + Ving
• Negative sentence : Subjek + was/ were + not + Ving
• Interrogative sentence : Was/ were + Subjek + Ving

Note :

• Kata kerja bantu was, untuk subjek I, he, dan she
• Kata kerja bantu were untuk subjek you, we, they

Pada post sebelumnya tentang Past Continuous Tense, sudah saya bahas secara lengkap disertai dengan latihan soal tentang tense ini. Akan tetapi ada satu penggunaan dalam Past Continuous Tense yang kadang membingungkan baik dalam penggunaan dalam kalimat ataupun dalam soal yaitu pada bentuk Past continuous dan simple past yang digunakan bersamaan dalam satu waktu, bahwasanya terdapat satu aktivitas yang sedang dilakukan kemudian diinterupsi oleh aktivitas lainnya ( satu aktifitas yang dilakukan lebih dulu dan masih sedang dilakukan ketika aktifitas lainnya terjadi). 

Dalam satu kalimat akan terdiri dari dua klause, beberapa klausa dimulai dengan "when" sementara juga juga bisa dimulai dengan"while". "When" paling sering diikuti oleh simple past tense, sedangkan "while" biasanya diikuti oleh past continuous. "While" mengungkapkan "durasi waktu" yang terjadi. 

Untuk lebih jelasnya bisa dilihat pada kalimat - kalimat berikut ini, 

Contoh :

• I was doing my test when the earthquake happened. (Saya sedang mengerjakan tes ketika gempa bumi itu terjadi)
• We are having dinner when Jenita phoned. ( Kita sedang makan malam saat jenita menghubungi)
• While I was crossing the road, a car suddenly hit me. ( Saat saya sedang menyeberang jalan, tiba- tiba sebuah mobil menabrak saya)

Bila masih kurang memahami uraian diatas, berikut latihan soal yang bisa dikerjakan. Jumlah soal 15 butir dengan kunci dan skor jawaban yang bisa dilihat pada akhir latihan. Jangan lupa tuliskan skornya yaa...

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1. I ... Erlina yesterday but she wasn't at home. She ... tennis with her friends.
was calling - played
called - was playing

2. I ... the thunder during the rain last night because I ...
didnt hear - was sleeping
wasn't hearing - slept

3. My parents ... about something when I ...
argued - was coming
were arguing - came

4. Rudi ... the stairs when he .... Luckily he didn't hurt himself.
climbed - was falling
was climbing - fell

5. Toni ... for us when we ... at the cinema.
was waiting - arrived
waited - were arriving

6. It ... when we ... out
rained - went
was raining - went

7. Mira ... along the street when she ... Rosa.
walked - met
was walking - met

8. I ... the television when someone ... the door.
watched - was knocking
was watching - knocked

9. When we ... for a walk in the park yesterday morning, the sun ... and a cool breeze ... .
was going - shone - blew
went - was shining - was blowing

10. I ... on the wet floor while I ...
slipped - run
slipped - was running

11. Zeta ... to music in her room when I ... .
listened - came
was listening - came

12. While The teacher ... papers at her desk, the headmaster ... her.
corrected - was calling
was correcting - called"

13. I ... under the tree when it ... to rain.
stood - was beginning
was standing - began

14. It ... hard when the class ... over.
rained - was being
was raining - was

15. ... soccer when I ... you?
Did you play - was phoning
Were you playing - phoned


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