Past Continuous Tense
অতীতে কোনো কাজ চলছিল, শেষ হয়নি— এরূপ বোঝাতে Past Continuous Tense ব্যবহৃত হয়। তেমনিভাবে অতীতের দুটি সমসাময়িক কাজ when / while দ্বারা যুক্ত হলে when/while যুক্ত অংশটি Past Continuous হয়, অপরটি হয় Past Indefinite, উল্লেখ্য, while-এর পর subject থাকলে এ নিয়ম প্রযোজ্য। (কিন্তু while-এর পর Subject না এসে সরাসরি verb এলে এর সাথে— ing যুক্ত হবে।
Structure: S + was/were + V1 + ing + ext.
যেমন—
While walking in the garden, he broke his leg.
My uncle arrived while I was watching TV.
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# বহুনির্বাচনী প্রশ্ন
watched
watching
was watching
had been watching
I fell asleep while I watched TV
I fell asleep while I had been watching TV.
I fell asleep while I been watching TV.
I fell asleep while I was watching TV
slept
were sleeping
have been sleeping
had slept
having
have had
were having
had had
he has been shopping
he is shopping
he was shopping
he shopped
