Question

Students are not making a noise. Changed into past continuous

Answer 1

Question:-

Change the given sentence into Past Continuous Tense.

➙ Students are not making a noise.

Answer:-

Students were not making a noise.

Lєαяи мσяє:

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• Past Continuous Tense describes action in a time before now, which began in tha past and were still going on when another event occured.
• It is also called as Past Progressive Tense.
• This tense is also used to emphasise that something lasted for a while, including habitual work.
• Structure: Subject + was/were + verb(-ing)

ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇs:-

1. Ritu was making dinner when she arrived.

2. We were playing football.

3. I was writing my homework.

4. It was not raining yesterday evening. (Negative)

5. Were you watching television last night? (Question)

ɴᴏᴛᴇ:-

We can't use Past Continuous Tense with stative verbs.

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Answer 2

Question:-

Change the given sentence into Past Continuous Tense.

• Students are not making a noise.

Answer:-

• Students were not making a noise.
• Structure: Subject + was/were + -ing form of the verb

Mσяє to Lєαяи:-

Where to Use Past Continuous Tense

• 1. The Past Continuous Tense is used to express an action begun and continuing in the past time but whose time limits are not known; as,

a. A cool breeze was blowing.

b. She was watching television.

• 2. Very often, the Simple Past and the Past Continuous Tense are used together. Then they suggest that one activity was continuing when another took place; as,

a. When my friend arrived, I was watching television .

b. The girls were making a noise when the teacher entered the class.