Past Continuous Tense

অতীত কালে কিছু সময়ের জন্য কোন কাজ চলছিল বোঝালে Past Continuous Tense ব্যবহৃত হয়। 

Past continuous tense is used to express the action which was continued for some time in the past. It describes an on-going past action.

বাংলায় চেনার উপায়: বাংলায় ক্রিয়ার শেষে তেছিল, তেছিলাম, তেছিলে, তেছিলেন, চ্ছিল, চ্ছিলে, চ্ছিলেন, ছিল, ছিলাম, ছিলে, অথবা ছিলেন থাকলে সাধারণত past tense হয়ে থাকে।  

Example:

• He was reading the book - সে বইটি পড়ছিলো/পড়তেছিল।
• They were playing football - তারা ফুটবল খেলছিল।
• The birds were flying in the sky - পাখিরা আকাশে উড়ছিল।

Structure of the sentence:

Positive sentence:

Subject + was/were + present form of the verb + ing + object.

Example:

• He was singing a song.
• They were walking together.
• You were talking like a teacher.

Note: Subject first and third person singular হলে was বসবে। You/we/they এবং অন্যান্য plural subject এর শেষে were বসবে।

Negative sentence:

Subject + was not/were not + present form of the verb + ing + object.

Example:

• I was not taking tea.
• He was not teaching English.
• They were reading in the classroom.

Interrogative sentence:

• Was/were + subject + present form of the verb + ing + object + note of interrogation (?)

Example:

• Was he reading the book?
• Were they traveling to Chittagong?
• Was she singing the song?