Question

He coughed badly change into past continues​

Answer 1

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$\mathfrak{The\:Answer\:is}$

He was coughing badly.

$\boxed{Hope\:This\:Helps}$

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Answer 2

Answer: He was coughing badly.(Past continuous tense)

Here the verb tells us that the work was going on in the past.

Hope it helped.