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The past continuous tense

The past continuous tense is made with was / were + -ing. Affirmative: I was working. They were working. Negative I was not working. They were not working. Question Was I working? Were they working? Uses The past continuous tense is used to talk about an action that was going on at some time in [...]

Past tense

Just as the present tense has four forms, the past tense also has four forms as shown below: Read the sentences given below: I worked. (Simple past tense) I was working. (Past continuous tense) I had worked. (Past perfect tense) I had been working. (Past perfect continuous tense) All these sentences refer to the past [...]