The athletes were running.
past: ran past perfect: had run past progressive: was/were running past perfect progressive: had been running
Past progressive tense.
The past progressive (past continuous) is "was visiting." (were visiting) The past perfect progressive is "had been visiting."
"Becoming present" is in the present progressive tense. It is used to describe an action that is currently happening or in progress.
Present: show, Past: showed, Future: will show, Present Continuous: is showing, Present Perfect: has shown, Present Perfect Continuous: has been showing, Past Continuous: was showing, Past Perfect: had shown, Past Perfect Continuous: had been showing, Future Continuous: will be showing, Future Perfect: will have shown, Future Perfect Continuous: will have been showing.
The past progressive tense of "study" is "was/were studying."
the form of the past tense are past progressive,past perfect progressive,past perfect simple.
Use past progressive tense to indicate an action that was ongoing in the past. Use past perfect progressive tense to show a continuous action that started before a certain point in the past and continued up to that point.
Present progressive, past progressive, and future progressive
Was/were starting is the past progressive tense of start.
Past simple - I laughed. Past progressive - I was laughing.
The past progressive of "think" is "was thinking" or "were thinking." The past perfect of "see" is "had seen."