1. Positive Past Continuous Tense Examples 1. I was going to run in the park, but then I decided to go to bed instead. 2. You were swimming in the pool all day. 3. He was trying to solve the problem last week. 4. She was planning his birthday party yesterday. 5. It was running out of battery when it turned off. 6. An example of a simple past tense verb used in a sentence would be: "I went to the park." The speaker completed their action of going to the park, so you use the verb "go" in the simple past tense. Note how this example uses an irregular verb but in the past simple, which can be a bit confusing until you understand the rules for using these verbs. The Past Continuous tense, also known as the Past Progressive tense, is a verb tense used to describe actions or events that were ongoing or in progress in the past.It is formed by using the past tense of the auxiliary verb "to be" (was/were) and the base form of the main verb with the -ing suffix (also known as the present participle). Past continuous tense: interrogative sentences
Past Continuous Tense Examples Forming the Past Continuous Tense. The past continuous is formed from the past tense of "to be" with the base of the Examples of the Past Continuous Tense. The following are basic examples of the past continuous tense. The verb tense in More Uses to Consider.
Note we use "was being" or "were being" + 3rd form of verb. * - there is only one object,so we use was. ** - there are 2 objects so we use were. *** - there is no object, so Passive Voice is not possible. 10 Examples of Past Continuous Tense Introduction In Past Continuous Tense, we use was/were and the first form of verb+ing (present participle). WAS is used with He, She, It, I and singular nouns. WERE is used with We, You, They and Plural Nouns. Examples I was going to the Pub. He was dancing like a Nagin. She was taking selfies before dying. Examples of Future Tense. Past Perfect Continuous Tense represents an ongoing action that started and continued for some time in the past. To indicate time reference "for" and "since" are used and it describes when the action started and how long it continued in the past. Examples of Past Perfect Continuous Tense - I had been writing For example, "she began laughing" is the past simple because the main verb is the past form of "begin.". To turn it into the past continuous, you need to say "she was beginning to laugh" or "she was laughing.". 4. Passive voice. A past continuous sentence sometimes also uses a passive voice rather than an active voice. YHZ0r59.
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