It is used to express an ongoing nature or continued action till a certain time in past. It is used to talk about a continuing action at a particular time in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0909\u092a\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0905\u0924\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0928\u093f\u0936\u094d\u091a\u093f\u0924 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0924\u0915 \u090f\u0915 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0943\u0924\u093f \u092f\u093e \u0928\u093f\u0930\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0909\u092a\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0905\u0924\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092a\u0930 \u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Past Continuous Tense<\/strong>, time may come. Like in Present Continuous Tense, if starting time of the action is given and action remain continued, the Past Continuous Tense becomes Past Perfect Continuous Tense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Past Continuous Tense<\/strong> \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0906 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 Present Continuous Tense<\/strong>\u092e\u0947\u0902, \u092f\u0926\u093f \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0926\u0947\u0928\u093e \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948, \u0924\u094b Past Continuous Tense<\/strong>, Past Perfect Continuous<\/strong> Tense \u092c\u0928 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n e.g.<\/strong> I was driving a car – Past Continuous Tense. After adding continuous time ‘for two hour’ it becomes Past Perfect Continuous<\/strong> and will be translated as<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had been driving a car for two hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u092a\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0940\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0905\u0938 \u091f\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0935\u093e\u0915\u094d\u092f \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 ‘\u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e’, ‘\u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0925\u0940’, ‘\u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0925\u0947’ \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0964<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u0928\u094b\u091f:<\/strong> \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0947\u090f \u0964 \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u094b \u0924\u094b \u0909\u0928 \u0935\u093e\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u092a\u0930\u094d\u092b\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0940\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0905\u0938 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964 Past Continuous Tense – Positive<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Past Continuous Tense<\/strong> ‘Was \/ Were’ is used in sentence and ‘Ing’ is added with first form of the main verb. ‘Was’ is used with ‘I’ and third person singular subject – he\/she\/it\/Krishna\/radha\/Dog\/Tree\/etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u092a\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0940\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0905\u0938 \u091f\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 ‘Was\/Were’ \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u092c \u0915\u0940 \u092b\u0930\u094d\u0938\u094d\u091f \u092b\u093c\u0949\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 ‘Ing’ \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0964 ‘Was’ \u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 ‘I’ \u0914\u0930 \u0925\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0938\u0928 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0917\u0941\u0932\u0930 \u0938\u092c\u091c\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0964 Was\/were + verb (1st form) + ING<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I – was ( “I” \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 was \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 ) We-were <\/p>\n\n\n\n You -were<\/p>\n\n\n\n They, Boys – were <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u092a\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0940\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0905\u0938 \u091f\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0938 <\/strong>\u092e\u0947\u0902 ‘Was\/Were’ \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u092c \u0915\u0940 \u092b\u0930\u094d\u0938\u094d\u091f \u092b\u093c\u0949\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 ‘Ing’ \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0964 ‘Was’ \u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 ‘I’ \u0914\u0930 \u0925\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u0938\u0928 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0917\u0941\u0932\u0930 \u0938\u092c\u091c\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0964 In Past Continuous Tense ‘Was \/ Were’ is used in sentence and ‘Ing’ is added with first form of the main verb. ‘Was’ is used with ‘I’ and third person singular subject – he\/she\/it\/Ram\/Dog\/Tree\/etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Past Continuous Tense \u092e\u0947\u0902 ‘Was \/ Were’ \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0935\u093e\u0915\u094d\u092f \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 ‘Ing’ \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0930\u0942\u092a \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u091c\u094b\u0921\u093c\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 ‘Was’ \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 ‘I’ \u0914\u0930 \u0924\u0940\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u090f\u0915\u0935\u091a\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 – \u0935\u0939 \/ \u0935\u0939 \/ \u0930\u093e\u092e \/ \u0915\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e \/ \u0935\u0943\u0915\u094d\u0937 \/ \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0964<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n S + Was\/Were + V (Ist form) + Ing + O + (.)<\/strong> How to identified Past Continuous Tense <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Was\/were \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u0947 verb \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 ING \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u094b \u0924\u094b Past Continuous Tense \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0947\u0902\u091f\u0947\u0902\u0938 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e \u0964 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n It is used to express an ongoing nature or continued action till a certain time in past. It is used to talk about a continuing action at a particular time in the past. Past Continuous Tense \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0909\u092a\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0905\u0924\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0928\u093f\u0936\u094d\u091a\u093f\u0924 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0924\u0915 \u090f\u0915 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0943\u0924\u093f \u092f\u093e \u0928\u093f\u0930\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/grammar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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How to identify Past continuous tense <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 –<\/strong> \u0935\u0939 \u0938\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e – \u092a\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0940\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0905\u0938 \u091f\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0938 <\/strong>\u0964
\u0935\u0939 \u0926\u094b \u0918\u0902\u091f\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e – \u092a\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u092a\u0930\u094d\u092b\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0928\u094d\u091f\u0940\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0905\u0938 \u091f\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0938 <\/strong>(\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u092e\u092f ‘\u0926\u094b \u0918\u0902\u091f\u0947 \u0938\u0947’ \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0939\u0948) \u0964
<\/p>\n\n\n\nPast Continuous Tense – Positive<\/th><\/tr> Type of Sentence<\/th> Rule<\/th><\/tr> Positive<\/td> Subject + Was\/Were + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rule of past continuous tense<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\nPast Continuous Tense – Positive <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Past Continuous Tense – Positive <\/th><\/tr> Type of Sentence<\/th> Rule<\/th><\/tr> Positive<\/td> Subject + Was\/Were + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Past Continuous Tense – Positive Rules and Keypoints<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Past Continuous Tense – Positive<\/th> \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u093e \u0909\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u091a\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0964<\/th><\/tr> Person<\/th> Subject<\/th> Was\/Were<\/th> Verb (Ist Form )+ Ing<\/th> Object<\/th><\/tr> Ist person<\/td> I<\/td> was<\/td> Shouting<\/td> at him.<\/td><\/tr> Ist Person -Plural<\/strong><\/td> We<\/td> were<\/td> Shouting<\/td> at him.<\/td><\/tr> 2nd Person<\/td> You<\/td> were<\/td> Shouting<\/td> at him.<\/td><\/tr> 3rd Person -Singular<\/strong><\/td> He\/She\/It\/
Krishna\/radha<\/td>was<\/td> Shouting<\/td> at him.<\/td><\/tr> 3rd Person -Plural<\/strong><\/td> They\/boys<\/td> were<\/td> Shouting<\/td> at him.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"