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Past Continuous Tense in English | For Students

Past Continuous Tense

Definition/Introduction


The past progressive tense is employed to explain actions that began within the past and sometimes continued for a brief period of your time after the action started. This tense describes actions or events that happened at a selected time within the past. These actions are usually not happening at the time the sentence is being said or written.

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This Tense is also called " Past Progressive Tense".

Structure of the Past Continuous Tense


Main verb: Present Participle (First form of verb+ing ) e.g, eating, drinking.
Auxiliary verb: Was / Were.


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►Note:

• If the subject of the sentence is "He, She, It" or singular noun then we use helping verb "Was" in the sentence.
• If the subject of the sentence is "We, You, They" or plural noun then we use helping verb "Were" in the sentence.

Positive Sentence 


Subject + Auxiliary verb + Main verb + Object.

►Examples:

• She was eating her food.
• They were planing about their studies.
• You were smiling to see me.
• The dog was barking at her.
• He was making preparation for his interview.
• She was driving her cycle.
• She was writing a letter.
• They were waiting for us.

►Examples:

• They were not playing in the ground.
• She was not walking alone.
• He was not reading the novel.
• He was not decorating his room.
• The snack was not running toward you.
• She was not driving carefully.
• They were not shouting.
• Navila was not washing her clothes.
• They were not sleeping.
• I was not expecting such foolish behavior from him.

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Interrogative Sentence


►Examples:

• Was I answering him correctly?
• Were they working in that office?
• Was she walking on the road?
• Was he listening to you?
• Were the people shouting at him?
• Was I calling you?
• Were you asking something?
• Was she singing a song?
• Were they coming to their home?
• Was she going to her school?

Exercise of Past Continuous Tense


  1. I __________ writing articles on different topics.
  2. He was _________ various sorts of books.
  3. They _________ playing football therein field.
  4. _________ was drinking coffee therein cafe.
  5. He was _________ in the library.
  6. We were _________ during this market last week.
  7. We ________ watching a movie during this Cineplex yesterday.
  8. You ________ shopping therein the market.
  9. I was ________ different sorts of songs, especially modern.
  10. _________ was taking note of melodious songs last evening.
  11. He ________ traveling around the world.
  12. __________ were playing hockey thereon field last week.
  13. The poet was __________ a romantic poem.
  14. The lyricist was __________ a sensible song for the program.
  15. Were you enjoying the __________ of realistic songs?
  16. I __________ not watching the match on television.
  17. He was __________ to sing the song for the program.
  18. I _________ helping him to try to to the task.
  19. We _________ enjoying the __________.
  20. I was __________ at the Dhaka International Trade Fair with my elder brother.

►Answer

1. was 2. reading 3. were 4. She 5. studying 6. shopping 7. were 8. were 9. singing 10. I 11. was
12. They 13. writing 14. concert 15. was 16. practicing 17. was 18. the program thoroughly 19. were, 20. shopping 



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