Past continuous (I was eating)

Perhatikan paragraf berikut

Past continuous digunakan untuk medeskripsikan hal yang sedang berlangsung di waktu lampau.

Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis. They started at
10 o'clock and finished at 11.30.
So, at 10.30 they were playing tennis.

They were playing => artinya mereka sedang bermain pada saat itu. Jadi pada pukul 10.30 mereka belum selesai bermain.

Were/was -ing merupakan pola past continuous.

I/He/She/It		Was		playing
You/We/They		Were		playing

Contoh:
I was walking home when I met Dan. (Saya sedang berjalan ke rumah ketika bertemu Dan).
Kate was watching TV when we arrived. (Kate sedang menonton TV ketika kami tiba).

Pada umumnya kaliman past continuous akan menyertakan kalimat tambahan yang menjelaskan ketika sesuatu hal terjadi biasanya dihubungkan dengan kata when, while, at 10.30 (keterangan waktu)