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    Past Tense VS Past Continous

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    This document provides examples that illustrate the difference between using the past tense and past continuous tense in sentences. Specifically: - Examples 1-7 provide sentences where one verb is in the past tense and one is in the past continuous to express actions happening at the same time. - Examples 8-10 use time conjunctions like "while" and "when" along with mixing past and past continuous verbs to show how one action interrupted another ongoing action. - Examples 11-15 are sentences for the reader to identify whether the verb should be in past, past continuous, or another form to be grammatically correct. The document aims to help readers understand how to properly apply the past and past continuous tenses

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    Past Tense VS Past Continous

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    This document provides examples that illustrate the difference between using the past tense and past continuous tense in sentences. Specifically: - Examples 1-7 provide sentences where one verb is in the past tense and one is in the past continuous to express actions happening at the same time. - Examples 8-10 use time conjunctions like "while" and "when" along with mixing past and past continuous verbs to show how one action interrupted another ongoing action. - Examples 11-15 are sentences for the reader to identify whether the verb should be in past, past continuous, or another form to be grammatically correct. The document aims to help readers understand how to properly apply the past and past continuous tenses

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    This document provides examples that illustrate the difference between using the past tense and past continuous tense in sentences. Specifically: - Examples 1-7 provide sentences where one verb is in the past tense and one is in the past continuous to express actions happening at the same time. - Examples 8-10 use time conjunctions like "while" and "when" along with mixing past and past continuous verbs to show how one action interrupted another ongoing action. - Examples 11-15 are sentences for the reader to identify whether the verb should be in past, past continuous, or another form to be grammatically correct. The document aims to help readers understand how to properly apply the past and past continuous tenses

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    Past Tense VS Past Continous

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    This document provides examples that illustrate the difference between using the past tense and past continuous tense in sentences. Specifically: - Examples 1-7 provide sentences where one verb is in the past tense and one is in the past continuous to express actions happening at the same time. - Examples 8-10 use time conjunctions like "while" and "when" along with mixing past and past continuous verbs to show how one action interrupted another ongoing action. - Examples 11-15 are sentences for the reader to identify whether the verb should be in past, past continuous, or another form to be grammatically correct. The document aims to help readers understand how to properly apply the past and past continuous tenses

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    PAST TENSE VS PAST CONTINOUS

    1. I … (come) home while my sister … (water) houseplants.


    a. came, watered
    b. came, was watering
    c. was coming, watered

    2. Was Andra … (drive) when you … (call) him?


    a. driving, were calling
    b. drove, called
    c. driving, called

    3. I … (send) him an email with the file as soon as I … (receive) the confirmation.
    a. sent, received
    b. was sending, was receiving
    c. sent, was receiving

    4. At five o’clock this morning she … (do) her homework.


    a. were doing
    b. did
    c. was doing

    5. Why … you … (not sleep) at 1 am yesterday?


    a. were, not sleeping
    b. was, not sleeping
    c. did, not sleep

    6. My brother … (brush) his teeth and then he … (go) to bed.


    a. was brushing, went
    b. brushed, went
    c. brushed, was going

    7. Bobby … (lie) under the tree to sleep when a big leaf … (fall) onto his head.
    a. lay, fell
    b. was lying, falling
    c. was lying, fell
    8. While I … (walk) down the street, It … (begin) to rain.
    a. walked, was beginning
    b. was walking, began
    c. walked, began

    9. … they still … (clean up) the mess at 10 am today?


    a. were, cleaning up
    b. was, cleaning up
    c. did, clean up

    10. The children … (play) in the playground at this time yesterday.


    a. played
    b. was playing
    c. were playing

    11. You…. Studying when she called


    a. Was
    b. Were
    c. Have
    d. Has
    e. Had
    12. What…. He doing when you saw him
    a. Were
    b. Is
    c. Am
    d. Are
    e. Was
    13. They ….. watching tv when she called
    a. Were
    b. Was
    c. Is
    d. Will
    e. Had
    14. When the phone rang, she was ….. a letter
    a. Writes
    b. Writing
    c. Write
    d. Wrote
    e. Written
    15. What were you …… when the earthquake started
    a. Doing
    b. Done
    c. Do
    d. Does
    e. Is done

    Answer :
    1. were
    2. was queuing
    3. were
    4. was eating
    5. was driving, crashed
    6. was working | Subject-Verb Agreement: Verb disesuaikan dengan subjek (father),
    bukan noun atau pronoun yang berada pada phrase/clause yang menyelanya.
    7. watching
    8. while | Simple past tense + past continuous tense ~ aksi berdurasi pendek (simple past
    tense) menginterupsi aksi yang sedang berlangsung (past continuous
    tense). Conjunction yang dapat digunakan: When (berada pada clause yang memuat aksi
    berdurasi pendek) atau while (berada pada clause yang memuat aksi yang sedang
    berlangsung).
    9. being
    10. was
    11. was
    12. is
    13. were
    14. writing
    15. doing

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