PAST CONTINOUS TENSE
This from of tense demonstrates exercises that have just occurred previously and have been finished before the hour of notice. These sentences are shaped with the assistance of a helper action word and giving the primary action word an 'ing' finishing.
Models
You were considering when she called.
Is it accurate to say that you were contemplating when she called?
You were not examining when she called.
Structure
[was/were + present participle]
Employments
Interfered with Action in the Past
Utilize the Past Continuous to show that a more extended activity in the past was interfered. The interference is generally a shorter activity in the Simple Past. Recollect this can be a genuine interference or only a break in time.
Models:
I was sitting in front of the TV when she called.
At the point when the telephone rang, she was composing a letter.
While we were having the excursion, it began to rain.
What were you doing when the quake begun?
I was tuning in to my iPod, so I didn't hear the alarm.
You were not tuning in to me when I reprimanded you to turn the broiler.
While John was resting the previous evening, somebody took his vehicle.
Sammy was hanging tight for us when we got off the plane.
While I was composing the email, the PC out of nowhere went off.
As portrayed over, the Past Continuous is hindered by a shorter activity in the Simple Past. Be that as it may, you can likewise utilize a particular time as an interference.
Models:
The previous evening at 6 PM, I was having supper.
At 12 PM, we were all the while passing through the desert.
Recently right now, I was sitting at my work area at work.
Significant
In the Simple Past, a particular time is utilized to show when an activity started or wrapped up. In the Past Continuous, a particular time just intrudes on the activity.
Models:
The previous evening at 6 PM, I had supper.
I began eating at 6 PM.
The previous evening at 6 PM, I was having supper.
I began before; and at 6 PM, I was having supper.
Equal Actions
At the point when you utilize the Past Continuous with two activities in a similar sentence, it communicates the possibility that the two activities were going on simultaneously. The activities are equal.
Models:
I was examining while he was making supper.
While Ellen was perusing, Tim was sitting in front of the TV.
Is it true that you were tuning in while he was talking?
I wasn't focusing while I was composing the letter, so I committed a few errors.
What's going on with you while you were pausing?
Thomas wasn't working, and I wasn't working either.
They were having supper, talking about their arrangements, and making some great memories.
Air
In English, we frequently utilize a progression of equal activities to portray the climate at a specific time before.
Models:
At the point when I strolled into the workplace, a few people were hectically composing, some were chatting on the telephones, the manager was shouting bearings, and clients were holding back to be made a difference. One client was hollering at a secretary and waving his hands. Others were griping to one another about the awful assistance.
Reiteration and Irritation with "Consistently"
The Past Continuous with words, for example, "consistently" or "continually" communicates the possibility that something disturbing or stunning regularly occurred before. The idea is fundamentally the same as the articulation used to however with negative feeling. Make sure to put the words "consistently" or "continually" among "be" and "verb+ing."
Models:
She was continually coming to class late.
He was continually talking. He irritated everybody.
I didn't care for them since they were continually grumbling.
While versus When
Conditions are gatherings of words which have meaning, yet are frequently not complete sentences. A few provisos start with "when, for example, "when she called" or "when it bit me." Other statements start with "while, for example, "while she was resting"
Models:
I was considering when she called.
While I was considering , she called.
Recollect Non-Continuous Verbs/Mixed Verbs
It is essential to recollect that Non-Continuous Verbs can't be utilized in any constant tenses. Additionally, certain non-persistent implications for Mixed Verbs can't be utilized in nonstop tenses. Rather than utilizing Past Continuous with these action words, you should utilize Simple Past.
Models:
Jane was being at my home when you showed up. Not Correct
Jane was at my home when you showed up. Right
Intensifier PLACEMENT
The models underneath show the arrangement for language qualifiers, for example, consistently, just, never under any circumstance, still, just, and so forth.
Models:
You were simply examining when she called.
Is it accurate to say that you were simply examining when she called?
Dynamic/PASSIVE
Models:
The sales rep was helping the client when the criminal came into the store. Dynamic
The client was being helped by the sales rep when the cheat came into the store. Latent
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