"Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis. They began at 10 o'clock and finished at 11.30. So, at 10.30 they were playing tennis."
They were playing tennis meaning they were in the middle of the game. To be clearer what past past tense is, let's read the full article below. May be useful. Check this out ... !!!
1. Past Continuous Tense formula
Below is the formula used to make the sentence Past Contionus Tense, both in the form of affirmative positive, negative and introgative sentences.
(+) S + Tobe (was, were) + Verb-ing
(-) S + Tobe + Not + Verb-ing
(?) Tobe + S + Verb-ing
B. Past Continuous Tense Sentence Forms
Past Continuous Tense can be formed into three sentences, namely positive, negative, and introgative sentences. Look at the sentence formation formula above and let's look at the example sentence below.
(+) ( I was watching Korean movie last night )
(-) ( I was not watching Korean movie last night )
(?) ( Was I watching korean movie last night ?)
C. Use of Simple Past Continuous Tense
As at the beginning of the introduction above, the Past Continuous Tense is used to state the events that occurred in the lighting period where the events still took place when another Past Tense event occurred. Actually from the above sentence we can conclude when in fact we should express the sentence with the use of Past Continuous Tense.
State the activities that are taking place at an indefinite time in the past.
Example: I was watching television all day long.
State the activities that are taking place at a certain time in the past.
Example: I was going to the beach at 6 o'clock this morning.
State the events that had started and were taking place in the past when other events occurred. The first activity that was underway was quizzed with Past Continuous Tense while other events that occurred later were stated with Past Tense.
Example: I was watching television when the telephone rang.
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