Tenses
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Past Continuous Tense
It is used to express an ongoing nature or continued action till a certain time in past. It is used to
talk about a continuing action at a particular time in the past.
In Past Continuous Tense, time may come. Like in Present Continuous Tense, if starting time of the action is given and action remain continued, the Past Continuous Tense becomes Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
e.g. I was driving a car - Past Continuous Tense.
After adding continuous time 'for two hour' it becomes Past Perfect Continuous and will be translated as
I had been driving a car for two hours.
पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स में वाक्य के अंत में 'रहा था', 'रही थी', 'रहे थे' का प्रयोग होता है ।
नोट: ऐसे वाक्यों में समय का प्रयोग तो हो सकता है लेकिन लगातार समय का प्रयोग नही होना चाहिेए । अगर लगातार समय का प्रयोग हो तो उन वाक्यों को पास्ट पर्फेक्ट कन्टीन्युअस कहते हैं ।
जैसे - वह सो रहा था - पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स ।
वह दो घंटे से सो रहा था - पास्ट पर्फेक्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स (क्योंकि यहां लगातार समय 'दो घंटे से' का प्रयोग हुआ है) ।
Past Continuous Tense - Positive
| Past Continuous Tense - Positive | |
|---|---|
| Type of Sentence | Rule |
| Positive | Subject + Was/Were + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (.) |
In Past Continuous Tense 'Was / Were' is used in sentence and 'Ing' is added with first form of the main verb. 'Was' is used with 'I' and
third person singular subject - he/she/it/Ram/Dog/Tree/etc.
पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस टेन्स में 'Was/Were' का प्रयोग होता है और वर्ब की फर्स्ट फ़ॉर्म के साथ 'Ing' लगाया जाता है. 'Was' केवल 'I' और थर्ड पर्सन सिंगुलर सबजेक्ट के साथ लगता है ।
| Past Continuous Tense - Positive | राम उस पर हंस रहा था । | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Subject | Was/Were | Verb (Ist Form )+ Ing | Object |
| Ist person | I | was | laughing | at him. |
| Ist Person -Plural | We | were | laughing | at him. |
| 2nd Person | You | were | laughing | at him. |
| 3rd Person -Singular | He/She/It/Ram | was | laughing | at him. |
| 3rd Person -Plural | They/boys | were | laughing | at him. |
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Past Continuous Tense - Negative
| Past Continuous Tense - Negative | |
|---|---|
| Type of Sentence | Rule |
| Negative | Subject + Was/Were + Not + Verb (Ist form) + Ing + Object + (.) |
In Past Continuous Negative sentence, 'Not' is added just before 'Verb(Ist form)'. 'Ing' is added with first form of Verb in all types of
sentences of Past Continuous tense.
पास्ट कन्टीन्युअस के नकारात्मक वाक्य में 'Not' को वर्ब ( Ist फ़ॉर्म) + 'Ing' से पहले लगाते हैं ।
| Past Continuous Tense - Negative | हम उससे झगड़ नही रहे थे । | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Subject | Was/Were | Not + Verb (Ist Form )+ Ing | Object |
| Ist person | I | was | not fighting | with him. |
| Ist Person -Plural | We | were | not fighting | with him. |
| 2nd Person | You | were | not fighting | with him. |
| 3rd Person -Singular | He/She/It/Ram | was | not fighting | with him. |
| 3rd Person -Plural | They/boys | were | not fighting | with him. |
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