| Grammar The past continuous tense is one of the many English tenses used to express a progressive or ongoing action that happened in the past. You see it used all the time in popular fiction books. You can use it as affirmative, negative, and question sentences.

1. Positive Past Continuous Tense Examples 1. I was going to run in the park, but then I decided to go to bed instead. 2. You were swimming in the pool all day. 3. He was trying to solve the problem last week. 4. She was planning his birthday party yesterday. 5. It was running out of battery when it turned off. 6.

Simple Past Tense Examples to Show Past Events/Facts. When sentences talk about events or facts that have happened in the past and are no longer valid, then the verb used is the simple past tense form of the verb. My sister hated broccoli when she was a child. Sheldon didn't have friends as a child. dm4A4.
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    • 5 examples of past continuous tense