The word "ongoing" doesn't have a past tense as it's not a verb.
"Was walking" is in the past continuous tense. It describes an action that was ongoing in the past at a specific point in time.
"Were asking" is in the past progressive tense. We/you/they were asking.
"Were finding" is the past continuous tense.
The past progressive tense of "wear" is "was/were wearing." This tense is used to describe an ongoing action of wearing something in the past.
The verb tense of "he had been born" is past perfect continuous. It indicates an action that was ongoing in the past with a sense of completion.
"Was walking" is in the past continuous tense. It describes an action that was ongoing in the past at a specific point in time.
"Were asking" is in the past progressive tense. We/you/they were asking.
"Were finding" is the past continuous tense.
You use the imperfect tense (aka past continuous) to describe ongoing actions in the past.
The past progressive tense of "wear" is "was/were wearing." This tense is used to describe an ongoing action of wearing something in the past.
The verb tense of "he had been born" is past perfect continuous. It indicates an action that was ongoing in the past with a sense of completion.
Yes, past continuous tense is the same as past progressive tense. It is used to indicate an action that was ongoing or in progress in the past. Both terms refer to the same grammatical concept.
This is the imperfect tense. (verb)= present tense (verb)ed= perfect tense was (verb)ing= imperfect tense Perfect and imperfect are both forms of the past tense.
No, it is an example of the past progressive tense. "You are speaking." is the present progressive tense.
The three kinds of past tense are simple past, past continuous, and past perfect. Simple past is used to describe a completed action at a specific time, past continuous describes an action that was ongoing in the past, and past perfect is used to show that one action in the past happened before another.
'Had been laughing' is in the past perfect continuous tense. This tense is used to describe an action that started in the past, continued for a period of time, and was still ongoing when another action occurred.
The past progressive tense of sleep is was/were sleeping.I was sleepingWe were sleepingYou were sleepingHe/She/It was sleepingThey were sleeping