Past Progressive Tense | Past Continuous Tense

                                     

Definition:-

             We use past progressive tense when something was in the middle of an action.

                                                                  OR

             When something was happening ir going on in past.

Formulas:-

·         Affirmative         : Subject+Was/Were+Verb(Present form+ing)+Object

·         Negative            : Subject+Was/Were+not+Verb(Present form+ing)+Object

·         Interrogative      : Was/Were+Subject+Verb(Present form+ing)+Object+?

·         InterroNegative : Wasn’t/Weren’t+Subject+Verb(Present form+ing)+Object+?    

Short Forms:-

·         Was not    = Wasn’t

·         Were not  = Weren’t

Examples:-

·         I was teaching English.

·         You weren’t getting happy.

·         Were you getting happy?

·         Wasn’t he eulogizing me?

·         Who was making fun of Robert?

         Uses When Shorter Action Interrupted A Longer Action

                  Past progressive tense can also be used when a  shorter action interrrupted a longer action.Shorter action will be in Past Simple and Longer action will be in Past Progressive.

Examples:-

·         When I was watching television, curtain caught the fire.

·         Robert  was going to college when Malina came.

·         When we reached there, they were going.