Past Continuous Tense
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.
Difference between Past continous tense and past perfect continuous tense
In Past Continuous Tense, 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.
e.g. I was driving a car - Past Continuous Tense.
After adding continuous time 'for two hour' it becomes Past Perfect Continuous and will be translated as
I had been driving a car for two hours.
पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स में वाक्य के अंत में 'रहा था', 'रही थी', 'रहे थे' का प्रयोग होता है ।
How to identify Past continuous tense
जैसे - वह सो रहा था - पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स ।
वह दो घंटे से सो रहा था - पास्ट पर्फेक्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स (क्योंकि यहां लगातार समय 'दो घंटे से' का प्रयोग हुआ है) ।
Past Continuous Tense - Positive
Past Continuous Tense - Positive | |
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Type of Sentence | Rule |
Positive | Subject + Was/Were + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (.) |
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/Krishna/radha/Dog/Tree/etc.
पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स में 'Was/Were' का प्रयोग होता है और वर्ब की फर्स्ट फ़ॉर्म के साथ 'Ing' लगाया जाता है । 'Was' केवल 'I' और थर्ड पर्सन सिंगुलर सबजेक्ट के साथ लगता है ।
Rule of past continuous tense
Was/were + verb (1st form) + ING
I - was ( "I" के साथ was का प्रयोग होता है )
He/ she/ it/Krishna /radha- was
He/ she/ it/Krishna /radha- was
We-were
You -were
They, Boys - were
- We, You, they, boys के साथ were का प्रयोग होता है ।
- I, He, she, it, Krishna, radha - was
पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स में 'Was/Were' का प्रयोग होता है और वर्ब की फर्स्ट फ़ॉर्म के साथ 'Ing' लगाया जाता है । 'Was' केवल 'I' और थर्ड पर्सन सिंगुलर सबजेक्ट के साथ लगता है ।
Past Continuous Tense - Positive
Past Continuous Tense - Positive | |
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Type of Sentence | Rule |
Positive | Subject + Was/Were + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (.) |
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.
Past Continuous Tense - Positive Rules and Keypoints
S + Was/Were + V (Ist form) + Ing + O + (.)
- Subject के बाद was/were का प्रयोग होगा ।
- Verb का first form के साथ ING का उपयोग होगा ।
- जैसे present continous tense मे Is/am/are का प्रयोग होता है वैसे ही past continous tense के अंदर was/were का प्रयोग होता है ।
How to identified Past Continuous Tense
Was/were जहाँ भी दिखे verb के साथ ING का प्रयोग हो तो Past Continuous Tense का सेंटेंस होगा ।
Past Continuous Tense - Positive | कृष्णा उस पर चिल्ला रहा था । | |||
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Person | Subject | Was/Were | Verb (Ist Form )+ Ing | Object |
Ist person | I | was | Shouting | at him. |
Ist Person -Plural | We | were | Shouting | at him. |
2nd Person | You | were | Shouting | at him. |
3rd Person -Singular | He/She/It/ Krishna/radha | was | Shouting | at him. |
3rd Person -Plural | They/boys | were | Shouting | at him. |
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