Question

structure of past continous tense and its sentence


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Answer 1

Answer:

Forming the Past Continuous Tense

One example of this tense is: I was watching television when she called me last night. The past continuous tense is "was watching." Another example of this tense is: We were playing football when he sprained his wrist last week. The past continuous tense is "were playing."

Answer 2

✴$\underline\bold{Past\:continuous\:Tense:-}$

● This tense is often used together with simple past tense to show that one activity was in progress while another took place.

$\underline\bold{Structure:-}$

Subject (s) + be (was/were) + V (ing form)

$\underline\bold{Sentence:-}$

•The baby was weeping in the room.

•Where were the children playing.

•My mother was cooking when the telephone bell rang.

•She was crossing the road.

$\underline\bold{Formation:-}$

●In affirmative sentence we use was, were according to the subject with 1st form of the verb+ing.

●In negative sentence we put not between the helping verb and the present participle (1st form of the verb+ing) ofain verb.

●In interrogative sentence the helping verb is put before the subejct.