Past continuous

Tenses
(Past Continuous Tense.Lesson 3)==

Introduction


Having gone through Present Continuous,and Present Perfect tenses,we shall now look at Past Continuous tense for a proper understanding of its effective and efficient uses.

Lesson Content
The Past continuous Tense is usually formed by positioning the -ing verb form directly in front of  was or were.For example:
 * 1) I was attending a class, when it started raining.
 * 2) Nicholas was facilitating when, the Vice chancellor arrived.
 * 3) They were playing with the football bought for them by their grandfather when the gas exploded.
 * 4) They were giving the report when the touts descended on them.