Past continuous tense

The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, is used to describe ongoing actions or states that were happening at a specific time in the past. It emphasizes the duration or progress of an action in the past.

The past continuous tense is formed by using the past tense of the auxiliary verb "be" (was/were) followed by the present participle (-ing form) of the main verb.

Here are some examples of sentences in the past continuous tense:

I was studying when the phone rang.

They were playing basketball at the park yesterday.

She was cooking dinner while he was watching TV.

We were walking in the rain when we met him.

He was reading a book while waiting for the train.

The children were laughing and playing in the yard.

What were you doing at 9 p.m. last night?

I wasn't paying attention during the meeting.

The students were working on their projects all day.

The phone was ringing when I entered the room.

In these examples, the past tense of the auxiliary verb "be" (was/were) is combined with the present participle (-ing form) of the verbs "study," "play," "cook," "walk," "read," "laugh," "do," "pay," "work," and "ring" to form the past continuous tense, indicating ongoing actions or states in the past.

Past simple tense:

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