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Past Continuous Tense


Past Continuous Tense

Is the tense that we use to talk about something happened in the past before a certain time, but had no finish, for example:

زمن الماضي المستمر هو الزمن الذي يستخدم عند وقت محدد ولكن لم ينته بعد، مثل:

This time last year I was living in Baghdad.

 

Is always used with the past simple tense to say something happened in the middle of something else, for example:

يستخدم الزمن الماضي المستمر دائما مع زمن الماضي البسيط عند تداخل الأحداث، مثل:

Ali phoned while I was having my dinner.


صيغة الاثبات Affirmative Form Positive Form /


He

She

It

I

+was

+v. ing

+ com.


Suha was watching T.V.


They

you

we

+were

+v. ing

+ com.


They were walking to home.

 

صيغة النفي Negative Form/

 

He

She

It

I

+was + not

+v. ing

+ com.


Suha was not watching T.V.


They

you

we

+were + not

+v. ing

+ com.

 

They were not walking to home.


صيغة السؤال التصديقي/ Yes/ No- Question Form


Was +

He

She

It

I

 

+ v. ing

 

+ com. + ?

 

Was Suha watching T.V. ?


Were +

They

you

we

+ v. ing

+ com. +?

 

Were they walking to home?

 

صيغة السؤال الاستفهامي/ Wh- Question Form


Wh-question+

Was +

He

She

It

I

 

+ v. ing

 

+ com. + ?


What was Suha watching?


Wh-question+

Were +

They

you

we

+ v. ing

+ com. +?

 

Where were they walking?


 

Reference: 

Murphy, Raymond. (2004). English Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press

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