Past Progressive Tense

The past progressive tense (also sometimes called "past continuous") is formed by using was/were + main verb + ing, as in, "We were eating dinner when the phone rang."

We use the past progressive tense to talk about actions that were already in progress when another action took place in the past. (At the moment the phone rang, we were already in the process of eating dinner.)

It's also common to use this tense to talk about two on-going actions that were happening at the same time in the past, as in, "While Justin Timberlake was finishing his new album, his fans were waiting for the chance to hear it."

Finally, we can also use this tense to talk about actions in the past that took place over time, as in, "I couldn't sleep last night because dogs were barking the whole night."

Past Progressive Tense Grammar Quiz

Past Progressive Tense Lessons:

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Holmes nash phil

Malawi

The past prefect tense is used when we refer to anction that took place before another past action
-it indicates that acertain action was completed before another took place.
Examples;

(the form is had+past participle).
1. He had already left when i arrived.
Anction using the past perfect happened before anction in the past simple.
Eg; when i arrived at the bus depot,my brother(hard)already gone.
My sister left before i arrived. Thus all.

jamil Chudary

Pakistan

i was in dreams when luck knocking my door.

mossavi

Afghanistan

people were using this site befor i com here

johnxina

Iraq

Ali was working hard when i saw him

kike82

Venezuela

they were drinking last night

nuna2300

Thailand

This lesson is about ..2 event occur in the past…The first event occured and carry on,,,,we use past progressive tense,, then the second event occured or interupt the first event,,,we use past simple tense…Example…..The first event = My mum was reading book…The second event= the phone rang

we mix two sentence,,,by using…. when..that always in front of past simple tense

example ….. Ma mum was reading book when the phone rang.