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12 Past Continuous Tense
Read the sentences. Notice the highlighted words.
The rats were following Red Riding Hood was going
the Piper. to her granny’s house.
Cinderella was wearing Miss Muffet was sitting
a beautiful gown. on a tuffet.
The was / were + ing form of the verb tells us that the actions were
happening sometime in the past. They are said to be in the past
continuous tense.
We use the past continuous tense to talk about actions that were
happening at a particular time in the past.
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