Question

what is the past tense and past continuous​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ɪs ᴀ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ᴡʜᴏsᴇ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ɪɴ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ, ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴜs ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇs ᴀ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴏғ ɪɴᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʀᴇғᴇʀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴏᴜs ᴛᴇɴsᴇ, ᴀʟsᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇssɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ, ʀᴇғᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜɪɴɢ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴏᴜs ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ɪs ғᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴄᴏᴍʙɪɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ᴏғ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ (ɪ.ᴇ., ᴡᴀs/ᴡᴇʀᴇ) ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀʙ's ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄɪᴘʟᴇ (-ɪɴɢ ᴡᴏʀᴅ).

Answer 2

The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb's present participle (-ing word).