Past progressive of accept:
present tense past tense future tense present perfect tense past perfect tense future perfect tense present progressive tense past progressive tense future progressive tense present perfect progressive tense past perfect progressive tense future perfect progressive tense
The past progressive tense of "study" is "was/were studying."
The past tense of accept is accepted.
Was/were starting is the past progressive tense of start.
The five progressive tenses in English are: present progressive (e.g., I am eating), past progressive (e.g., She was watching), future progressive (e.g., They will be sleeping), present perfect progressive (e.g., We have been studying), and past perfect progressive (e.g., He had been working).
Yes, "You were speaking" is an example of the past progressive tense, which indicates an ongoing action that was happening in the past. The present progressive tense would be "You are speaking."
The past progressive tense for "listen" is "was listening" or "were listening."
The past progressive tense of the word "plan" is "was planning".
"Is smiling" is the present progressive tense (third person). The past progressive tense is "was smiling".
The past progressive tense of sleep is "was sleeping" or "were sleeping".
The past tense of the word "accept" is "accepted."
Past progressive tense.