said, Ahmed said, Nour could, what was happened, he said, the military was not, millions took, resulted in clashes, left 35 dead, the scene saw, Zazeera showed,
Musi supporters attempted, seven dead bodies were lined up, covered in blankets, a man placed, Mursi was toppled, was not a coup, he said, millions people took,
anti Mursi took, resulted, news footage zoomed, the city was calm, armoured, closed, were led, denounced, vowed, were in trouble, Nour Party rejected, prime
minister proposed, Nour said, it called, the party decided, it said, US backed.
3.6 Past Continuous Tense
Rebecca 1972:83 describes that The Past Progressive Tense expresses temporary activities that existed or occurred at a point of time in the past. Based
on the quotation above that the activity or the action of a statement in the past progressive takes place in a certain time. To make it more clearly the writer tries
to draw a diagram for it seems very clear to the writer that The Simple Past Tense places the activity or event definitely in the past. Or in the other words we may
say that the activity started in the past and has finished at the moment of speaking. Example:
+ She was playing the guitar. - He was not listening to the radio.
? War he listening to the radio? -? Was not lie listening to the radio?
Use of The Past Continuous Tense 1
To state an event or activity in progress at one point in the past. Example:
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They were sleeping at that time. 2 To state an event or activity or action in progress when it is suddenly
interrupted by another past event. Example:
I was reading a book when you came in. 3 Can be the speaker. Example:
She was always making a lot of noise. 4 To change direct speech into indirect speech, only if the statement is in the
present continuous tense form. Example:
She said, lam expecting a baby. Direct She said that she was expecting a baby. Indirect
5 To state an event or activity that begins before the given time. Example:
At 6.00 o clock I was hoeing breakfast. Sentence Pattern
a Positive sentence: S+waswere+V-irig Example: She was crying.
b Negative sentence: S+waswere+not +V-ing Example: She was not crying.
c Interrogative sentence: waswere + S+ V-ing Example:
Was she not crying?
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b Negative-interrogative sentence: S+waswere+not +V-ing Example:
Wasnt she crying? Rebecca 1972:83 says that the past progressive expresses temporary
activities were in progress at a point of time in the past. Based on the quotation above that the activity or action of a statement in the past
progressive takes place in a certain time. To make it more clearly, the writer tries to draw a diagram for it.
Use of the Past Continues Tense 1
To state an event, activity or action in progress at one point in the past time. Example.
I was sleeping at that tune. 2 To state an event, activity or action in progress when it is suddenly
interrupted by another past event. Example:
I was reading a book when you came in,
3 To state an event which often occurs in the past and tends to annoy the speaker.
Example: She was always making a lot of noise.
4 To change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech, only if the statement is in the Present Continues Tense form.
Example:
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She said, Im expecting a baby. Direct
She said that she was expecting a baby. 5 To state an event that begins before the given time word.
Example: At 6 o clock, I was having breakfast
Sentence Pattern 1.
Positive Sentence : S+waswere+ V1-ing Example :
The baby was crying. 2.
Negative Sentence : S+waswere+not+ V1-ing Example :
The postman was not feeling well 3.
Interrogative sentence : Waswere + S + V1-ing Example :
Were the children playing ? 4 Negative-interrogative sentence : Waswere + not + S + Vl-ing
Example : Weren t the tourists upset?
The journalist of the Jakarta Post Newspaper which was published in July, Tuesday 9
th
, 2013 applied Past Continuous Tense in telling the news about the 51 were killed in Egypt. The examples: it was withdrawing, it was enforcing, two
examples..
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3.7 Past Perfect Tense
