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Past Progressive Tense

An Afternoon in the Park      Gloria was sitting in the park yesterday afternoon.  She was relaxing and enjoying the weather.  She was feeding the birds when a robber stole her purse.  While she was crying about her purse, the police were running after the robber.

Past Progressive Use the past progressive to show that an action was in progress at a specific time in the past.

Past Progressive Use the past progressive and the simple past in one sentence to show that one event interrupted or stopped another event.

Past Progressive Here’s another example…

Past Progressive Use the past progressive for two actions that continued in the past.  While means that the two actions were happening at the same time.

Past Progressive The past progressive is not used with certain verbs.  These are called non-action verbs.

Past Progressive Here are some common non-action verbs.