WHAT IS PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
WHAT IS PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb’s present participle (-ing word).
Present Continous Tense के वाक्यो के अन्त मे हिन्दी मे “रहा था”, “रहे थे”, “रही थी” आता है ।
Structure of Sentence
Subject + was/were + First Form Of Verb + ing + Object
With He/She/It/I/Singular Noun need to use “was” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
With We/You/They/Plural noun need to use “were” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
PAST CONTINOUS TENSE – Examples
- मै खाना खा रहा था।
- I was eating food.
- हम खेल रहे थे।
- We were playing.
- चूहे दौड रहे थे।
- Rats were running.
Past Continous Tense – Negative Sentence
The past continuous (or progressive) is the tense used to express situations that occurred in the past and were in progress at any moment during a period of time.
When expressed in its negative form, the verb denies that something was happening in a past period of time.
Structure of Sentence
Subject + was/were + not + First Form Of Verb + ing + Object
With He/She/It/I/Singular Noun need to use “was” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
With We/You/They/Plural noun need to use “were” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
Examples
- बच्चे सो नही रहे थे।
- Children were not sleeping.
- हम स्नान नही कर रहे थे।
- We were not bathing.
- मै आज स्कूल नही जा रहा था।
- I was not going to school today.
Past Continous Tense – Interrogative Sentence
The past continuous (or progressive) is the tense used to express situations that take place in the past and were in progress at any moment during a period of time.
When expressed in its interrogative form, it is used to ask questions about things that were happening in a past period of time.
Structure of Sentence
Was/were + subject + First Form Of Verb + ing + Object + ?
With He/She/It/I/Singular Noun need to use “was” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
With We/You/They/Plural noun need to use “were” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
Examples
- क्या मै हँस रहा था?
- Was I laughing?
- क्या हम बाजार जा रहे थे?
- Were we going to market?
- क्या वह विदेश जा रहा था?
- Was he going to a foreign country?
Past Continous Tense – Interrogative Negative Sentence
In Past Progressive Tense, interrogative negative sentences are just like interrogative affirmative sentences with only use of “not” after subject.
Structure of Sentence
Was/were + subject + not +First Form Of Verb + ing + Object + ?
With He/She/It/I/Singular Noun need to use “was” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
With We/You/They/Plural noun need to use “were” along with First Form of Verb and “ing”.
Examples
- क्या वे जन्म दिन नही रहे थे?
- Were they not celebrating their birthday?
- क्या बच्चे फूल नही रहे थे?
- Were children not plucking flowers?
- क्या वह कपडे नही घो रही थी?
- Was she not washing clothes?
Past Continous Tense (Passive Form)
In the passive voice in past continuous requires two auxiliaries: to be (was/were) and the second auxiliary is being and the main verb changes to past participle.
Structure Of Sentence
Object + was/were + being + the Past Participle form of the verb + by + Subject.
‘was’ is used with he/she/it/I/singular noun.
‘were’ is used with we/you/they/plural noun.
Examples
- He was drawing a picture. (Active)
- A picture was drawn by him. (Passive)
- You were writing a letter. (Active)
- A letter was written by you. (Passive)
- I was eating food. (Active)
- Food was eaten by me. (Passive)
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