Question

What is past continuous tense define it

Answer 1

⏩ AnSwer:

★ Past Continuous Tense :

Past continuous tense is also called as past progressive tense.

It is a verb tense which is used to show or represent the ongoing past action.

Past Continuous Forms :

✝️Past continuous sentences are formed by using was/were + present participle.

✝️If you have to identify whether these sentences are in past continuous form or not so here's the trick for solving such examples!

✝️Mainly you can understand it by checking how that question is framed.

✝️Past continuous sentences are mainly indicated by inverting the subject and was/were. Negative sentences are always made with not.

✝️Here, let us understand it by considering an example !

• Given Sentence: You were studying when she called.
• Question form: Were you studying when she called?
• Negative Sentence: You were not studying when she called.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Past Continuous Tense is used to talk about actions that were in progress at a point of time in the past.