The past progressive tense indicates continuing action, something that was happening at some point in the past. For example - I was riding my bike all day yesterday. Or, I lost my watch while I was running
The past progressive tense of the verb "to be" is "was/were being." For example, "He was being helpful" or "They were being considerate."
The past progressive tense of the verb "sleep" is "was sleeping" or "were sleeping," depending on the subject.
The past perfect progressive tense of the verb "try" is "had been trying."
The past progressive tense is formed by using the past tense of the verb "to be" (was/were) and adding the present participle form of the main verb with the -ing ending. For example, "She was singing."
The past tense of the verb "hear" is "heard". If you mean the word as in, "My hearing is quite good," the word is a gerund in that case, and has no past tense. The compound auxiliary verb progressive "be hearing" has the past tense "was hearing", perfective "have heard" has the past tense "had heard", and progressive-perfective "have been hearing" has the past tense "had been hearing".
The past progressive tense of the verb "to be" is "was/were being." For example, "He was being helpful" or "They were being considerate."
was/were sleeping = Past Continuous Tense
The term "was sitting" is a verb in the past progressive tense.
The past progressive tense of the verb "awake" is:I/He/She/It was awaking.You/We/They were awaking.
The past progressive tense of the verb "sleep" is "was sleeping" or "were sleeping," depending on the subject.
The past perfect progressive tense of the verb "try" is "had been trying."
The progressive tense has the form - be + present participle.eg is/was watching.The tense of the be verb determines the tense of the progressive verb form.eg was watching is past progressive. is watching is present progressive.With an auxiliary verb have or has the present perfect progressive is formed.eg have been watching, has been watchingWith had the past perfect progressive is formed:eg had been watching
You were issued.
The past progressive tense is formed by using the past tense of the verb "to be" (was/were) and adding the present participle form of the main verb with the -ing ending. For example, "She was singing."
Eating is a present participle, which can be used as a gerund, an adjective, or a verb. When present participles are used as verbs, they create the progressive (continuous) forms and require the use of an auxiliary verb to show tense. Am/is/are eatingis the present progressive tense. The past progressive tense is was/were eating.
The past tense of the verb "hear" is "heard". If you mean the word as in, "My hearing is quite good," the word is a gerund in that case, and has no past tense. The compound auxiliary verb progressive "be hearing" has the past tense "was hearing", perfective "have heard" has the past tense "had heard", and progressive-perfective "have been hearing" has the past tense "had been hearing".
past: ran past perfect: had run past progressive: was/were running past perfect progressive: had been running