PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE | English grammar and exercises

Here is an English lesson about the past continuous tense. This tense is also known as the past progressive.
In this video, I explain the past continuous form - the affirmative, negative and question forms. The negative form also has a contracted form.
The past continuous affirmative form is made up of the subject, the past form of the verb "to be" and then the -ing form of the main verb (also called the present participle)
An example is: "I was walking".
The past continuous tense has several uses. The main use is to describe a long action that is happening around another shorter action in the past. For the shorter action, we use the past simple. An example is "I was talking to Mark when the telephone rang."
We also use the past progressive tense to set the scene in a story, to describe 2 long actions that happen in parallel (the same time). I explain these uses and a few others with examples in this lesson.
At the end of the lesson, there are a few English grammar exercises to test your understanding.
The accent in the video is a British English accent.
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  • @CrownAcademyEnglish
    @CrownAcademyEnglish7 жыл бұрын

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    7 жыл бұрын

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  • @haliterdogan6232

    @haliterdogan6232

    7 жыл бұрын

    ''While I was studying at the college, I was playing football every day'' Is this right or wrong, can i use past continious for repeadetly action in past?

  • @idrismohammmed2200

    @idrismohammmed2200

    7 жыл бұрын

    hi everyone I think I was staying at the college when I played football

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    6 жыл бұрын

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  • @AndrzejLondyn
    @AndrzejLondyn6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I consider myself as an advanced learner but for me, the most interesting pieces of information were the usage of the Past Continuous 1. to set the scenery in the story and 2. with "always" to describe annoying habits.

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    @jeongminyoun53885 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Your video was good to me. I hadn't been known past continuous exactly almost 100 days.

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    @AlexisRafael9 жыл бұрын

    PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE | English grammar and exercises

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    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    7 жыл бұрын

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    @mohamedyagoub27567 жыл бұрын

    In the first time in my life I understand Past Continuous very well Thank you so much Andrew

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    @efrainromero3959 Жыл бұрын

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    5 жыл бұрын

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    @janicedavy31938 жыл бұрын

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  • @CrownAcademyEnglish

    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    8 жыл бұрын

    Very good, your sentence is correct. Here is my example: "While I was watching England lose against Iceland, I was crying." :(

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    @phanychavez94269 жыл бұрын

    Excelent to video to understands how to use past continous. Thanks Andrew! Thank you so much.

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    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    9 жыл бұрын

    Neydi Chavez Thank you very much for your comment. I am very pleased that my lessons are helping you. Best wishes, Andrew

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    @6417329 жыл бұрын

    I was learning English while my husband was cooking food.

  • @CrownAcademyEnglish

    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sombat Souphakhot That's a correct use of the tense. Very good.

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    @641732

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much.

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    @fatxicrahamaan6180

    5 жыл бұрын

    English

  • @kayevans7574

    @kayevans7574

    5 жыл бұрын

    that action is way too long to be suitable; perhaps, "I was studying..."?

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    @tekpisey2326

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was reading a novel yesterday? Is this sentence possible?

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    @arnold94488 жыл бұрын

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    @tariqsheikj55004 жыл бұрын

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    @effen2i3687 жыл бұрын

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    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    7 жыл бұрын

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    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a pleasure. I'm pleased that my lessons are helping you to improve your English. Thanks for the comment. 🙂 Andrew

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    @user-ri2wg4om6s9 жыл бұрын

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    @Futuregtv8 жыл бұрын

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    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Gustavo Camilo Thank you very much for your comment. I am very pleased that my lessons are helping you. Best wishes, Andrew

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    @h-fluterofficial33646 жыл бұрын

    it's easy to understand .Thank a lot

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    @mthiyagaraja87704 жыл бұрын

    Clear explanation ..child can understand thank you sir..

  • @freethinker3435
    @freethinker3435 Жыл бұрын

    Now i really understand past continuous tense.thanks

  • @truebro77
    @truebro774 жыл бұрын

    I was watching this while wondering how you get the pencil to write as you speak! Good job dude. We can use when instead if while in speaking too. Or you'll definitely hear it in spoken English although grammarians would suggest otherwise.. 😁

  • @yinnyyayee
    @yinnyyayee6 жыл бұрын

    Finally I understood this tense

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    @ibraahimbaraka64794 жыл бұрын

    The lesson was really helpful

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    @educatedwithme86403 жыл бұрын

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    @sujithaprasadini5118 Жыл бұрын

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    @silpa4A8Ай бұрын

    Fantastic explanation.

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    @khanhLe-cp3sn6 жыл бұрын

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    @EdsonOliveiraCunha5 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @CrownAcademyEnglish

    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hello and welcome. It's a pleasure. Thank you for the comment. Best wishes, Andrew

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    @toletsijanerke7393

    6 жыл бұрын

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    @AliHaidar-ws1el

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was ranning in the field.

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    @ravikumer89624 жыл бұрын

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    @walkone3568 Жыл бұрын

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    @zzantares6 жыл бұрын

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    @ibraahimbaraka64794 жыл бұрын

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    @PRAVEENCBOHRE6 жыл бұрын

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    @fathallahjbara33847 жыл бұрын

    thanks you very Much. Now I understand :)

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    @freefromcage55167 ай бұрын

    it's night 2.25am in my country. I have just finished past continuous tense revision.thanks for including useful sentences in the exercise section.💫🌟👍🙃

  • @CrownAcademyEnglish

    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    7 ай бұрын

    Well done!

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    @freefromcage5516

    7 ай бұрын

    @@CrownAcademyEnglish thank you🥰🥳

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    @ferangizaf_rada25518 жыл бұрын

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  • @CrownAcademyEnglish

    @CrownAcademyEnglish

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ferangiza f_rada Thank you very much for your comment. I am very pleased that my lessons are helping you. Best wishes, Andrew

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    @sultan08937 жыл бұрын

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    @Voxsockss2 жыл бұрын

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    @hiruninesansala22283 жыл бұрын

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