An Explanation To Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous tense comes at the number six in the row of twelve tenses. This is an amazing tense to improve the English language skills. If you know this tense, you will improve a lot in the English language you are trying to learn or struggling with. I think that English is incomplete without this tense. Overall, this rule applies to all the tenses of English. English is absolutely incomplete without these twelve tenses. Just learn this tense in a very basic way through this example. You are doing work right now. Any work, no matter what. You have done the work, and now you have reached home. Your sister or any family member is asking you, ‘Where were you?’ Now you will tell them that you have just completed the work you were doing. The work you have completed recently is in the past. The family members are asking you where you were. You will tell them that I was doing the work. The work you were doing.
In this article, you will learn all about the past continuous tense. You will learn how to make sentences for this tense and where to use them. Also you will get yourself familiar with the definition of this tense in Urdu and its recognition too in Urdu so that you can better understand this tense easily. Let’s first learn this tense’s definition in Urdu.
Definition in Urdu
یہ فعل ماضی میں کسی کام کے جاری رہنے کو ظاہر کرتا ہے۔
Recognition in Urdu
جملے کے آخر میں رہا تھا، رہی تھی، رہے تھے، وغیرہ آتا ہے۔
Where is it used?
مختلف فاعل سے متعلق امدادی فعل ان کے سامنے درج ذیل ہے۔
Subject | Helping Verb |
He/She/It/Singular Noun | Was |
I/We/You/They/Plural Noun | Were |
So far, you are now familiar with the definitions of this tense, recognition of this tense in Urdu and what helping verb is used against each subject. Now it is the time to move on.
How To Make Sentences?
Simple Sentences
Structure
Subject + Helping Verb + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
I/He/She/It/Singular Noun + was + working.
We/You/They/Plural Noun + were + working.
Negative Sentences
Structure
Subject + Helping Verb + not + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
I/He/She/It/Singular Noun + was + not + working.
We/You/They/Plural Noun + were + not + working.
Interrogative Sentences
Structure
Helping Verb + Subject + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
Was + I/He/She/It/Singular Noun + working?
Were + We/You/They/Plural Noun + working?
Negative-Interrogative Sentences
Structure
Helping Verb + Subject + not + First Form of Verb + ing + Object
Was + I/He/She/It/Singular Noun + not + working?
Were + We/You/They/Plural Noun + not + working?
یہ مندرجہ ذیل جگہوں پر استعمال ہوتا ہے۔
ایسا کام جو ماضی میں جاری رہا ہو۔(i)
(a) It was raining outside.
جب ایک کام ہو رہا تھا تو دوسرا واقع پذیر ہوا۔ دوسرے نئے کام کے لئے سادہ ماضی لگے گا۔(ii)
(a) When the telephone rang, I was having a bath.
Exercise
So far, you have learnt a lot about this tense and about it. Now it is the time to put all your knowledge into this exercise, what you have gained in this article about this tense. This exercise contains 10 examples. If you succeed in passing this exercise without any difficulty, then you will be able to make sentences for this tense on your own. Try to solve this exercise carefully, and you will overcome it.
- When I met her, she __________ bread. (bake)
- When we entered the room, Ali _____________. (sleep)
- He ___________ in the pool when the phone rang. (bathe)
- When the teacher entered the classroom, the students ___________ a noise. (make)
- The train ___________ off when we reached the station. (start)
- I went there to see what Zafar _________. (do)
- She said that she ____________ her hair. (wash)
- Where ____________ he __________ when you saw him last? (live)
- She made tea while I _____________. (sleep)
- He slept while the teacher ______________ the lesson. (teach)
Tense PDF
We have added an adequate amount of lore into this PDF so that it is easy to understand for anyone, even for the beginners who are trying to learn English or struggling with it. This PDF is going to be very intriguing because it contains the material that is not provided above. If any cliches are left behind from atop reading about this tense, this PDF will fill in. Just read it all, whatever is given inside it. After reading all this, you will be able to make the sentences for this tense on your own, and no one will undermine you in English.
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