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05-Past Continuous Tense

The document discusses the past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense. It provides the basic formulas for constructing sentences in the past continuous tense in both direct and passive voice for singular and plural subjects. It also covers negation, yes/no questions, and WH questions. Key words that can be used with the past continuous tense are described, such as "all last night" and "while". The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past.

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05-Past Continuous Tense

The document discusses the past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense. It provides the basic formulas for constructing sentences in the past continuous tense in both direct and passive voice for singular and plural subjects. It also covers negation, yes/no questions, and WH questions. Key words that can be used with the past continuous tense are described, such as "all last night" and "while". The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past.

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Past Continuous Tense

Direct Voice
The Basic Formula:
Subject + Be Verb + V1 + ing + Complement

For Singular:
Subject + was + V1 + ing + Complement

For Plural:
Subject + were + V1 + ing + Complement

Negation:
For Singular:
Subject + was + not + V1 + ing + Complement

For Plural:
Subject + were + not + V1 + ing + Complement

For Yes/No Question:


For Singular:
was + Subject + V1 + ing + Complement?

For Plural:
were + Subject + V1 + ing + Complement?

For WH Question:
For Singular:
WH + was + Subject + V1 + ing + Complement?

For Plural:
WH + were + Subject + V1 + ing + Complement?
For Passive Voice:
The Basic Formula:
Object + Be Verb + Being + V3 + Complement

For Singular:
Object was + Being + V3 + Complement

For Plural:
Object + were + Being + V3 + Complement

Negation:
For Singular:
Object was + not + Being + V3 + Complement

For Plural:
Object + were + not + Being + V3 + Complement

For Yes/No Question:


For Singular:
was + Object + Being + V3 + Complement?

For Plural:
were + Object + Being + V3 + Complement?

For WH Question:
For Singular:
WH + was + Object + Being + V3 + Complement?

For Plural:
WH + were + Object + Being + V3 + Complement?
Key Words:
1- Last night at 6 PM
Ex I was working at 10pm last night
2- when+simple past, past conti
Ex I was eating when you called
3- while+past conti, simple past
Ex While She was cooking, I telephoned her.
4- however
Ex he was waiting for the bus however the accident happened.
5- From 2 o’clock to four
Ex I was being in gym From 2 o’clock to 6 o’clock
6- Since 5 pm
Ex I was playing football since 6 :00 a.m.
7- For a long time yesterday
Ex He was eating for a long time yesterday
8- Throughout the night
Ex She was reading throughout the night
9- whilst
Ex whilst I was walking past the car, it exploded.
10- whereas
you treated the matter lightly, whereas I myself was being
Ex
busy.
11- All last (night, day, week, month)
Ex it was raining all last night
12- ,so+simple past
Ex I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm
13- from 7pm to 9pm
Ex from 7pm to 9pm, I was reading book.
14- At 6 o’clock
Ex Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner
15- As +past conti, simple past
Ex As we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
16- At the time (past time)
Ex They were not playing football at the time last week

Using:
continuous last time was going on in the past, but a specific
1-
period used to express an event
We 're Were Doing exercises the At 9 am
To Express Actions Were In Progress During Certain Period In
2-
The : past
I was watching TV when she called
As the man was watching the exhibits, thief stole his wallet.
I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm
3- to express two simultaneous events in the past
While we were having the picnic, it started to rain

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