PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE OR PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE

                               PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

                                                    OR

                              PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE

DEFINITION:-

                          Such verb, which modifies, that the subject was doing some work continuously in past time that is called past continuous tense or past progressive tense.

NOTE:- (1)

                  This tense shows the continuous action of the subject in past time.

EXAMPLE:-

(1)            Aslam was going to the station.

(2)            Anwar was remembering a poem.

NOTE:- (1)

              “Was” and “Were” are the helping verbs to this tense.

NOTE:- (3)

                   “ing” form of the verb is used in this tense.

REMEMBER:-

                       For putting “ing” the same rules and applied, as you have learnt in present continuous tense.

FORMATION:-

SUBJECT	H. VERB	M. VERB I	ING	OBJECT
Akram	was	drive	ing	a car
They	were	take	ing	tea

= Akram was driving a car.

= They were taking tea.

CONJUGATION:-

 I was going.

We were going.

You were going.

He was going.

She was going.

It was going.

They were going.

ASSERTIVE

(1)            The cat was jumping over the wall.

(2)            The man was riding on the horse.

(3)            The boys were playing on the playground.

(4)            My friends were watching the movie in cinema.

(5)            She was drawing a picture on the wall.

INTERROGATIVE

(1)            Was the cat jumping over the wall?

(2)            Was the man riding on the horse?

(3)            Were the boys playing on the playground?

(4)            Were my friends watching the movie in cinema?

(5)            Was she drawing a picture on the wall?

NEGATIVE

(1)            The cat was not jumping over the wall.

(2)            The man was not riding on the horse.

(3)            The boys were not playing on the playground.

(4)            My friends were not watching the movie in cinema.

(5)            She was not drawing a picture on the wall.

INT & NEG

(1)            Was the cat not jumping over the wall?

(2)            Was the man not riding on the horse?

(3)            Were the boys not playing on the playground?

(4)            Were my friends not watching the movie in cinema?

(5)            Was she not drawing a picture on the wall?

MODEL SENTENCES

(1)            The teacher was dictating the students.

(2)            Many man were buying tickets for film.

(3)            A child was weeping bitterly in the cradle.

(4)            Bombs were falling and people were coming out of their houses.

(5)            What were you thinking that time?

(6)            Safia was studying in her room.

(7)            The sun was covering with the clouds.

(8)            The prime minister was assuring the people.