Soal Yes-No Question Past Continuous

Rumus Yes-No Question Past Continuous Tense

Kalimat positive past continuous tense menggunakan linking verb “be” (was/were) sebagai komponen verb phrase-nya. Yes-no question dapat dibuat dengan menukar posisi subject of verb (S) dan be.

Kalimat Positive

S + be (was/were) + present participle

Yes-No Question

Be (was/were) + S + present participle

Catatan:

• was untuk subject “I” dan third person singular (Jessica, a woman, she, he, it)
• were untuk “you” dan plural subject (Jessica and I, we, they)

Lihat juga:

• Yes-No Question Simple Past Tense
• Yes-No Question Past Perfect Tense
• Yes-No Question Present Continuous Tense
• Yes-No Question Berbagai Tense

Contoh Kalimat Yes-No Question Past Continuous Tense

1. They were still sitting quietly at the end of the meeting.
   (Mereka masih duduk diam pada akhir pertemuan.)

   Were they still sitting quietly at the end of the meeting?
   (Apakah mereka masih duduk diam pada akhir pertemuan.)

2. Dara was eating breakfast when her phone rang.
   (Dara sedang sarapan ketika teleponnya berbunyi.)

   Was Dara eating breakfast when her phone rang?
   (Apakah Dara sedang sarapan ketika teleponnya berbunyi?)

3. The children were playing puzzle games yesterday at nine o’clock.
   (Anak-anak sedang bermain puzzle jam sembilan kemarin.)

   Were the children playing puzzle games yesterday at nine o’clock?
   (Apakah anak-anak sedang bermain puzzle jam sembilan kemarin?)

4. He was talking to someone on the phone at 10 p.m. last night.
   (Dia sedang berbicara dengan seseorang di telepon pada jam 10 malam kemarin.)

   Was he talking to someone on the phone at 10 p.m. last night?
   (Apakah dia sedang berbicara dengan seseorang di telepon pada jam 10 malam kemarin?)

Contoh Short Answer Response Past Continuous Tense

1. Was I/we wearing a tacky sweater two days ago?
   • Yes, you were.
   • No, you weren’t.
2. Was she/he wearing a tacky sweater two days ago?
   • Yes, she/he was.
   • No, she/he wasn’t.
3. Were you wearing a tacky sweater two days ago?
   • Yes, I was.
   • No, I wasn’t.
4. Were they wearing a tacky sweater too days ago?
   • Yes. they were.
   • No, they weren’t.

Related Posts:

• Soal Yes-No Question Past Continuous
• Past Continuous Tense
• Passive Voice – Past Continuous Tense
• Wh- Question Past Continuous Tense
• Soal Past Continuous Tense
• Soal Passive – Past Continuous Tense
• Soal Wh- Question Past Continuous
• Soal Tenses

References:

1. Is It a Crime? http://product.pearsonelt.com/nextmove/document/subsites/nextmove/samples/level_2/Student_Book_Level_2_Unit_4_Sample.pdf. Accessed on March 16, 2016.
2. The Past Continuous Tense. http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/pastcont.htm. Accessed on March 16, 2016.