Past Continuous Tense | English Grammar Past Continuous Tense Introduction of Past Continuous Tense As the name suggests, Past continuous tense describes an action which shows continuation, an action that happened in the past and continued to happen over a period of time. How to form Present Participles of verbs Before going into the details of past continuous tense, one must know how to form the present participle of a verb. Present participles of verbs are made by adding -ing with base form of verbs. We do have to remove -e before adding -ing to a verb if a verb is ending with it. For example, ·         Smile becomes smiling…

Simple Past Tense | English Grammar Simple Past Tense Introduction of Simple Past Tense Simple past tense is also known as the second form of verb. It is used to describe an action that has taken place in the past and was completed. For example, ·         Elizabeth wrote a letter to her friend Liza, asking about her health. ·         I went to the market to buy some groceries. ·         Joseph and Amelia called for help when the fire broke out but nobody came. The actions in the examples above are restricted to a specific time in the past and do not show any continuation or repetition. It happened once and…