Past Continuous Tense
ICSE · Class 5 · Essentials of English Grammar and Composition
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Which sentence shows an action that was ongoing in the past?
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She was baking a cake.
The past continuous tense describes an action that was in progress at a certain time in the past.
Which of these verbs is in the -ing form?
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playing
The -ing form of a verb ends with 'ing'. 'Playing' is the -ing form of 'play'.
Choose the correct sentence using the past continuous tense.
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We were eating dinner.
'We' is a plural subject, so it takes 'were'. 'Were eating' is the correct past continuous form.
Which helping verb is used with 'I' in the past continuous tense?
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was
'I' uses 'was' in the past continuous tense, as in 'I was reading'.
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