Past Continuous Tense in Hinglish – Was/Were + V-ing, Examples & Quiz

🌐 Hinglish Past Continuous — asaan Hinglish summary (tap to open)

Kya hai? Past Continuous past ke ek khaas waqt par chal raha kaam dikhata hai — aksar jab beech mein koi aur kaam ho gaya.

was / were + V1-ing → I was reading. They were reading.

Negative: wasn't / weren't + V-ing → He wasn't listening.

Question: Was / Were + subject + V-ing? → Were you sleeping?

English	Matlab (Hindi)
I was watching TV at 8 o'clock.	Main 8 baje TV dekh raha tha.
They were playing when it started to rain.	Woh khel rahe the jab baarish shuru hui.
What were you doing yesterday evening?	Kal shaam tum kya kar rahe the?

Lamba kaam continuous, chhota kaam simple: ✗ I slept when the phone was ringing → ✓ I was sleeping when the phone rang.
was / were ka galat subject: I/he/she/it was, you/we/they were.

Past Continuous kab use hota hai?

Jab past ke kisi khaas waqt par koi kaam chal raha tha — ya jab ek lamba kaam chal raha tha aur beech mein doosra kaam hua (when).

Past Continuous ka formula?

Subject + was / were + verb-ing. I/he/she/it was going, you/we/they were going.

"when" aur "while" mein fark?

When ke baad aksar chhota kaam Past Simple mein (when the phone rang). While ke baad chal raha kaam Past Continuous mein (while I was sleeping).

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