Short Forms dan Long Forms dalam Past Progressive

Past Progressive (Past Continuous) dibentuk menggunakan auxiliary verb “was” atau “were” diikuti verb + -ing. Dalam bahasa Inggris sehari-hari, terutama dalam percakapan, penutur sering menggunakan contracted forms (bentuk singkat).

Namun ada satu hal penting:
dalam Past Progressive, kontraksi biasanya hanya digunakan pada kalimat negatif.

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1. Kalimat Positif (Affirmative Forms)

Pada kalimat positif, was dan were biasanya tidak memiliki bentuk kontraksi ketika diikuti kata kerja -ing.

Struktur

Subject + was / were + verb-ing

Contoh

Pronoun	Long Form	Contracted Form
I	I was reading	–
you	You were reading	–
he / she / it	He was reading	–
we / you / they	They were reading	–

Contoh kalimat:

I was reading a book.
She was studying English.
They were playing football.

Dalam kalimat seperti ini, bentuk was dan were tetap ditulis lengkap.

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2. Kalimat Negatif (Negative Forms)

Pada kalimat negatif, kontraksi dapat dibuat dari was not dan were not.

Struktur

Subject + was / were + not + verb-ing

Long Form dan Short Form

Pronoun	Long Form	Contracted Form
I	I was not reading	I wasn’t reading
you	You were not reading	You weren’t reading
he / she / it	He was not reading	He wasn’t reading
we / you / they	They were not reading	They weren’t reading

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Contoh Kalimat

I wasn't reading the newspaper.
She wasn't watching TV.
They weren't working yesterday.

Dalam percakapan sehari-hari, bentuk seperti wasn’t dan weren’t jauh lebih umum digunakan dibandingkan bentuk panjangnya.

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Ringkasan

Dalam Past Progressive:

• bentuk positif menggunakan was / were + verb-ing
• kontraksi biasanya hanya muncul pada kalimat negatif

Long Form	Short Form
was not	wasn’t
were not	weren’t

Contoh:

I was reading a book.
She wasn't watching TV.
They weren't playing football.

Penggunaan kontraksi membuat kalimat terdengar lebih natural dalam spoken English, sedangkan bentuk panjang sering digunakan dalam penjelasan grammar atau tulisan formal.