The past perfect progressive tense is mostly used to express actions that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past
The above examples of Past Progressive Tense are here to help you understand and use this tense properly and naturally
The past progressive passive, like the majority of conjugated verbs in English, is periphrastic
She was playing
We use the past simple for the short action and the past progressive for the long action
An example of this combination is: While we were sitting at the stadium, the rain began
We often use the Past Continuous tense with the Past Simple tense
Past perfect continuous tense explains an ongoing action that started and continued for some time in the past
Jul 16, 2021 · Examples for past continuous tense Continuous tenses are also called progressive tense so the past continuous tense is sometimes called the past progressive tense
Previously, you learned about how to say, I am walking, I am singing, or I am eating in Spanish
May 22, 2021 · Past Continuous Tense Examples
The past perfect continuous (also called past perfect progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past
The sentence structure formula for Past Progressive Tenses is (Subject + was / were + ‘ing’ form of the verb + object)
The past perfect progressive (continuous) is used to describe an action that started in the past and was still in progress when a second action started
Ex: die dy ing, tie ty ing
The past progressive tense, also called the past continuous tense, emphasises a continuing or incomplete action in the past