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Past Continuous Tenseast Continuous Tense

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Practise What You Know!actise What You Know!

Match the words in column A with the correct form of verbs in column B. Then
using the words given in column C, write all the possible sentences. One has been
done for you.

Column A Column B Column C

I
You
He
We was watching TV till late

Tom were night.
They
She

Tom and Jim

1. ________________________________________________________________
I was watching TV till late night.
2. ________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________________
7. ________________________________________________________________
8. ________________________________________________________________

Let’s Learn Past Continuous Tense

The past con� nuous tense is used to show the con� nuity of ac� ons at some � me in the past.

Read the following sentences.

Present Con� nuous Tense Past Con� nuous Tense

I am singing a song.  I was singing a song.

You are teaching your cousin.  You were teaching your cousin.

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