Past Continuous Tense A Comprehensive Guide | Past Continuous Tense Usage

Past Continuous Tense Usage

This tense is used for the actions which continuing in the past.

       Structure: sub + was/were +v₁+ ing + obj

       

 Past Continuous Tense A Comprehensive Guide

Ex:-

1.     I was writing a story.

2.     You were doing your work.

3.     She was singing songs.

4.     They were building a house.

5.     He was playing cricket.

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Note:-When two actions mentioned in a sentence one action will be in simple past and the other action will be in past continuous tense.

Note:- The shorter action  (simple past), the longer action  (past continuous )

Keywords: - when, while

1.     when the bell rang, you were watching (watch) T.V

2.     When I saw here, she was playing (play) chess

3.     The girl fell asleep while she was watching (watch) T.V

1.     While He was going (go) to college, he saw an accident.

2.      While Rani was singing (sing) songs, I visited her.

3.     When I was crossing (cross) the road, I saw an accident.

4.     When my daughter was going (go) to college, she saw a snake.

5.     My brother was sleeping (sleep) when I reached home.

6.      While I was going (go) to school, I saw a procession.

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