Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Or, Past Progressive Tense

Past Continuous Tense

অতীতকালে কোনো কাজ চলতেছিল, এরূপ বোঝালে verb এর Past Continuous Tense হয়।

 যেমন- I was going to school.

          He was playing piano.

Structure:

Subject +was/were+ মূল verb এর শেষে ‘ing’ + object + extension

Note:

3rd person singular number এবং I এর পর ‘was’

সকল Plural Number এবং You এর পর ‘were’

যেমন-

I was doing the work.

He was learning English.

Jarin was reading a book.

You were watching T.V.

They were playing football.

We were drinking tea.

 

Rules of ‘ing’ adding

Verb এর শেষে ‘e’ থাকলে ‘e’ উঠিয়ে দিয়ে ‘ing’ যোগ করতে হয়। যেমন-

Come-coming, write-writing, dance-dancing

word এর শেষে consonant থাকলে এবং এর আগে একটি মাত্র vowel থাকলে consonant টি ডাবল করে ‘ing’ যোগ হবে। যেমন-

Run-running, sit-sitting, get-getting, swim-swimming, travel-travelling

Word এর শেষে ie থাকলে ie এর পরিবর্তে y হবে এবং ‘ing’ যোগ হবে। যেমন-

Lie-lying, Die-dying, Tie-tying

Use of Past Continuous Tense

(a)অতীতকালে একটি নির্দিষ্ট সময়ে কোনো কাজ চলছিলো: He was reading a book yesterday evening.

(b)অতীতে দুটি কাজ একই সাথে চলছিলো (একটি কাজ অন্যটিকে প্রভাবিত করেনি): Lucky was writing a letter while Shelly was reading a newspaper.

(c)একই কাজ বারবার করে বক্তাকে রাগালে (with always, constantly, forever):  He was always coming late. ( I don’t like that.)

          Past simple: He always came late. ( Here I have no comment.)

(d)     Simple past এবং Past continuous tense এক সাথে: While we were eating rice, he came.

Negative form of Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense কে negative করতে হলে ‍was/were এর পর  not বসাতে হয়।

Structure: Subject+was not/were not+মূল verb এর  শেষে ‘ing’+ object +extension.

He was not playing well.

I was not  playing cricket.

Interrogative form of  Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense কে interrogative করতে হলে ‍Subject এর আগে was/were বসাতে হয়।

Structure: am/is/are/isn’t/aren’t +Subject+মূল verb এর  শেষে ‘ing’+object+extension?

Was he playing well?

Were you eating  bread?

When were you playing? 

Past Continuous Tense in passive form

Structure: Object এর ‍subject form + was being/were being + verb এর past participle + preposition (by, with, to, at ইত্যাদি) + subject এর object form

A letter was being written by me.

I was being called by her. .

He was being beaten.

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