In Past Continuous Tense Verb shows that the past action continued for some time.
In these sentences, the auxiliary verb ‘was /were’ is used with the present participle.
We shall take an example with three persons.
Base form (Present tense) Past tense Past participle Present participle Infinitive
Arise
Arose Arisen Arising To arise
Awake
Awoke Awaken Awaking
To awake
Be
Was/Were Been Being To be
Bear
Bore Born Bearing To bear
Bite Bit Bitten Biting To bite
Become Became Become Becoming To become
Begin Began Begun Beginning
To begin
Bend
Bent Bent Bending To bend
Bid Bade/Bid Bidden/Bid Bidding To bid
Bide Bode Bidden Biding To bide
Blow Blew Blown Blowing To blow
Break Broke Broken Breaking To break
Bring Brought Brought Bringing To bring
Build Built Built Building To build
Burn Burned Burnt Burning To burn
Buy Bought Bought Buying To buy
Catch Caught Caught Catching To catch
Choose Chose Chosen Choosing
To choose
Come Came Come Coming To come
Dig Dug Dug Digging To dig
Do/Does Did Done Doing To do
Draw Drew Drawn Drawing To draw
Drink Drank Drunk Drinking To drink
Drive Drove Driven Driving To drive
Eat Ate Eaten Eating To eat
Fall Fell Fallen Falling To fall
Fly Flew Flown Flying To Fly
Forget Forgot Forgotten Forgetting To Forget
Forgive Forgave Forgiven Forgiving To Forgive
Freeze Froze Frozen Freezing To Freeze
Give Gave Given Giving To Give
Go Went Gone Going To Go
Grow Grew Grown Growing To Grow
Hide Hid Hidden Hiding To Hide
Know Knew Known Knowing To Know
Lie Lay Lain Lying To Lie
Ride Rode Ridden Riding To Ride
Ring Rang Rung Ringing To Ring
Rise Rose Risen Rising To Rise
See Saw Seen Seeing To See
Shake Shook Shaken Shaking To Shake
Show Showed Showed/Shown Showing To Show
Sing Sang Sung Singing To Sing
Sink Sank Sunk Sinking To Sink
Speak Spoke Spoken Speaking To Speak
Steal Stole Stolen Stealing To Steal
Strive Strove Striven Striving To Strive
Swear Swore Sworn Swearing To Swear
Swim Swam Swum Swimming To Swim
Take Took Taken Taking To Take
Teach Taught Taught Teaching To Teach
Tear Tore Torn Tearing To Tear
Tell Told Told Telling To Tell
Throw Threw Thrown Throwing To Throw
Wake Woke Waken Waking To Wake
Wear Wore Worn Wearing To Wear
Write Wrote Written Writing To Write
Go over-
- Simple Past tense
- Simple Present Tense
- Simple Future Tense
- Present Continuous Tense
- Future Continuous Tense
- Perfect Past Tense
- Perfect Present Tense
- Perfect Future Tense
- Perfect Continuous Past Tense
- Perfect Continuous Present Tense
- Perfect Continuous Future Tense
