Placement of Adverbs in the Past Continuous Tense. In the past continuous tense, adverbs are typically placed before the main verb (the -ing form) or after the auxiliary verb "was" or "were." Example: She always was singing beautifully. They were constantly working on the project. Past continuous tense shows that some action remained continued in the past. The first form of the verb is used with the addition of ing is used. ( 1 st form + ing). "was, were" are the helping verbs of this tense. "was" is used with the singulars. "were" is used with plural. Like we, you, they, and other plural nouns. Uses of Past Continuous Tense. We use past continuous tense to express such event that was occurring in the past at a specific time. Examples: At 10:00 p.m., I was watching television. They were playing football at 9:00 a.m. this morning. At 7:00 p.m., my mother was going to the temple. Simple, Perfect And Continuous Tenses. In this article, we will be learning about Tenses as per the Primary 5 English level. We will be covering the following subtopics: Understand the definition and use of various verb tenses. Visualise how verb tenses reflect the past, present, and future. Apply our understanding of tenses to answer commonly ZJEAvla.

5 examples of past continuous tense