Past continuous tense

5 keadaan di mana "past continuous tense" digunakan, (bukan Past Tense):

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We use the past continuous to talk about the past _(Kita guna past continuos untuk bercakap mengenai perkara lepas)_ 

*1) for something which happened before and after another action:*

 _Pada sesuatu yang berlaku sebelum dan selepas perbuatan yang lain_ 

-The children were doing their homework when I got home.

_Anak2 sedang buat kerja rumah mereka semasa saya tiba di rumah_

_Compare: The children did their homework when (= after) I got home_

_Anak2 buat kerja rumah mereka semasa saya tiba di rumah_

This use of the past continuous is very common at the beginning of a story:

-The other day I was waiting for a bus when …

_pada hari itu, saya sedang menunggu sebuah bas semasa.._

-Last week, as I was driving to work, … 

_Minggu lepas, semasa saya sedang memandu ke tempat kerja_

*2) for something that happened before and after a specific time:*

_sesuatu yang berlaku sebelum dan selepas satu masa tertentu_

It was eight o'clock. I was writing a letter.

_Pukul 8. Saya sedang menulis sepucuk surat_

_Compare: At eight o'clock I wrote (= started writing) some letters._

_Pada pukul 8 saya tulis a beberapa surat_

*3) to show that something continued for some time:*

_untuk menunjukkan sesuatu berterusan untuk beberapa ketika_

- My head was aching.

_kepala saya sakit_

- Everyone was shouting.

_setiap orang menjerit_

*4) for something that happened again and again:*

_untuk sesuatu yang berlaku lagi dan lagi_ 

- I was practising every day, three times a day.

_saya berlatih setiap hari, 3 kali sehari_

- They were meeting secretly after school.

_mereka berjumpa secara rahsia selepas sekolah_

- They were always quarrelling.

_mereka sentiasa bergaduh_

*5) with verbs which show change or growth:*

_dengan verb yang menunjukkan perubahan dan perkembangan_

- The children were growing up quickly.

_anak2 membesar dengan cepat_

- Her English was improving.

_englishnya bertambah baik_

- My hair was going grey.

_rambut saya menjadi kelabu_

- The town was changing quickly.

_bandar tersebut berubah dengan cepat_

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Ok kita try buat latihan

Past Continuous:

My folks were *(sedang?)* always putting him down.

SAMA dengan "My parents were talking"