This Past Tense Is Used to Describe a Sudden Action
Munchun2004 2 This has nothing to do with acting or actors. The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing activity in the past. Pin On English Present prefect tense is used to describe an action that is finished at the time of speaking eg- I have understood it but it can also be used to show an action thas is still going for example- he has lived here for ten years. . The past progressive tense is a simple way to speak about a continuous action that took place in the past normally within a more recent time frame. Check past tense of describe here. The past continuous tense is used to describe actions that began in the past and often continued for a short period of time after the action started. Once a ______ day minute hour year week etc. To describe an action which started and finished in the past before another past action. The expression its time is normally followed by a clause in the past tense.