Past Progressive Tense

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8SVnCxwRqxNxHKMf73r1l-4Oa4Qc6LzY3XYmZ_z0gSrBTAfkNKKZ0dAcfQxW3PmZOQHAGJCI_-ynU5cuEmz7wE7Y3AlTvVJIiCtomHipAWWYs4ufEa76qYhrRBqWPGVbjoZWEbKIOE4s/s1600/Past+Progressive+Tense.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8SVnCxwRqxNxHKMf73r1l-4Oa4Qc6LzY3XYmZ_z0gSrBTAfkNKKZ0dAcfQxW3PmZOQHAGJCI_-ynU5cuEmz7wE7Y3AlTvVJIiCtomHipAWWYs4ufEa76qYhrRBqWPGVbjoZWEbKIOE4s/s400/Past+Progressive+Tense.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0f0mvGB3f3N2pA08z1t0Hk8QwxdWJq4MHk1hTP42PTylJZw34HMYx5xyW8PkUN0pVFdQCOaCATZ6DsNRuoHjf9QVsr7HryMQjYd58Y2bz9VFmFI5H9aWgnuzbWfE7eWc2UtgLnh1ZQ5nN/s1600/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It shows an action that began earlier and was in progress when another action occurred.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Examples<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">        I was walking down the street when it began to rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">                                        OR<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">        While I was walking down the street, it began to rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In both sentences the action walking was in progress when it began to rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It may also show a point in time, with expressing an action which began before that point and probably continued after that.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Examples<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">        At eight he was having his breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We can guess that he started his breakfast before eight.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We use the continuous tenses in descriptions. Simple past is also used to show what happened that time.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Examples<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A wood fire was burning on the hearth and a cat was sleeping in front of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A girl was playing piano and singing softly to herself. Suddenly there was knock at the door. The girl stopped playing. The cat woke up.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;">d.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">   </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Just as the present continuous can be used to express a definite future arrangement as:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I am leaving for Lahore tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the same way the past progressive can express this sort of future in the past. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 2.25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .25in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">More Examples<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 2.25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .25in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Positive Sentence<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We were reading our lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He was playing tennis yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She was going to school.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The horses were neighing.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The sparrow was making a nest.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The dogs were barking.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He was preparing for the examination.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The teacher was marking the papers.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Negative Sentence</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He was not weeping.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The cat was not mewing.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The farmer was not ploughing.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She was not singing a song.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A cool breeze was not blowing.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The children were not playing with toys.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The boy was not dozing. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The fountains were not playing.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 250%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 250%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 250%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Interrogative Sentence<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Was the train moving at full speed?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Was Zahid shivering with cold?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Were they laughing at the traveler?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Was the beggar begging?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Was the horse running fast?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Was it drizzling?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Was Zahid sleeping by now?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">         </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Was this man quarrelling with his brother?<o:p></o:p></span></div> </div>

Past Progressive Tense

Past Progressive Tense a.    It shows an action that began earlier and was in progress when another action occurred. ...

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