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PastContinuousTense

ThePastContinuoustenseisanimportanttenseinEnglish.Weuseittosaywhatwewereinthemiddleofdoingataparticularmomentinthepast.

Structure:

Thepastprogressivetense(alsosometimescalledpastcontinuous)isformedbyusingwas/were+mainverb+ing(was/weredoing),asin,Wewereeatingdinnerwhenthephonerang.

Verbsusuallycannotbeusedinpastcontinuoustense：agree、be、believe、belong、care、forge、hate、have、hear、know、like、love、mean、mind、notice、own、remember、seem、suppose、understand、want、wish,etc.Example:

Wrong：Iwasknowingtheanswer.(×)