I/he/she/it was cleaning. You/we/they were cleaning.
The past progressive tense of "clean" is "was cleaning" or "were cleaning."
The past perfect progressive tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning."
The past perfect progressive tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning".
The past progressive tense of "study" is "was/were studying."
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 perfect progressive tense of "clean" is "had been cleaning."
Yes, had been cleaning is the past perfect progressive tense of clean.
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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).
The past progressive tense of "study" is "was/were studying."
Was/were starting is the past progressive tense of start.
The past progressive tense of the verb "to be" is "was/were being." For example, "He was being helpful" or "They were being considerate."
"Is smiling" is the present progressive tense (third person). The past progressive tense is "was smiling".
Past progressive tense.
the form of the past tense are past progressive,past perfect progressive,past perfect simple.
The past progressive tense of "ring" is "was ringing" or "were ringing," depending on the subject. For example: "I was ringing the doorbell" or "They were ringing the bells."
The past progressive tense of "see" is "was seeing" or "were seeing," depending on the subject pronoun. For example: "I was seeing," "You were seeing," "He/she/it was seeing," "We were seeing," "They were seeing."