{"id":75049,"date":"2021-02-21T06:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T06:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=75049"},"modified":"2021-08-07T07:09:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T07:09:52","slug":"change-into-past-continuous-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/change-into-past-continuous-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Into Past Continuous Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sentences are given in the\u00a0present continuous tense.\u00a0<\/strong>Change them into the\u00a0past continuous tense<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We make the present continuous tense<\/strong> <\/a>form by putting is\/am\/are<\/strong> before the ing form of the verb. Use is<\/strong> with singular nouns and pronouns (he, she, it). Use are<\/strong> with plural nouns and plural pronouns (they, we, you). Use am <\/strong>with the first person singular pronoun I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past continuous tense<\/a>, we use was or were<\/strong> before the ing form of the verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use was<\/strong> with the first person singular pronoun I<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use was<\/strong> with singular nouns and pronouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use were<\/strong> with plural nouns and pronouns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It is raining.<\/li>
  2. The child is doing his homework.<\/li>
  3. I am cooking dinner.<\/li>
  4. The dogs are barking.<\/li>
  5. The birds are chirping.<\/li>
  6. We are waiting for the bus.<\/li>
  7. It is leaking.<\/li>
  8. The girl is learning her lesson.<\/li>
  9. Maya is writing a story.<\/li>
  10. Dad is reading the newspaper.<\/li>
  11. Granny is knitting a sweater.<\/li>
  12. The students are writing their exam.<\/li>
  13. Mother is helping me with the homework.<\/li>
  14. The cat is chasing the mouse.<\/li>
  15. The dogs are fighting for a bone.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    1. It was<\/strong> raining.<\/li>
    2. The child was<\/strong> doing his homework.<\/li>
    3. I was<\/strong> cooking dinner.<\/li>
    4. The dogs were <\/strong>barking.<\/li>
    5. The birds were<\/strong> chirping.<\/li>
    6. We were <\/strong>waiting for the bus.<\/li>
    7. It was<\/strong> leaking.<\/li>
    8. The girl was<\/strong> learning her lesson.<\/li>
    9. Maya was<\/strong> writing a story.<\/li>
    10. Dad was<\/strong> reading the newspaper.<\/li>
    11. Granny was<\/strong> knitting a sweater.<\/li>
    12. The students were<\/strong> writing their exam.<\/li>
    13. Mother was<\/strong> helping me with the homework.<\/li>
    14. The cat was<\/strong> chasing the mouse.<\/li>
    15. The dogs were<\/strong> fighting for a bone.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Sentences are given in the\u00a0present continuous tense.\u00a0Change them into the\u00a0past continuous tense. We make the present continuous tense form by putting is\/am\/are before the ing form of the verb. Use is with singular nouns...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[420,151],"class_list":["post-75049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-5-worksheets","tag-past-continuous-tense","tag-past-continuous-tense-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75201,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75049\/revisions\/75201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}