past continous tense

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE FUNCTIONS OF THE PAST CONTINUOUS The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. In other words, it expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past. It is used: Often, to describe the background in a story written in the past tense, e.g. "The sun was shining and the birds were singing as the elephant came out of the jungle....

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past continous tense

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE FUNCTIONS OF THE PAST CONTINUOUS The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. In other words, it expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past. It is used: Often, to describe the background in a story written in the past tense, e.g. "The sun was shining and the birds were singing as the elephant came out of the...

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