Past Progressive

"Past Progressive"

We use past progressive for actions going in the past. 

Roman:

Hum past progressive ka istemal un tamam kamo ke liye krte hain jo maazi me chal rahe the.

Urdu:

ہم اس ٹینس کا استعمال ان تمام کاموں کیلئےکرتے ہیں جو ماضی میں چل رہے تھے۔

Affirmative Structure:

I + was + ing form of verb
We / You / They + were + ing form of verb
Third person singular + was + ing form of verb

Negative Structure:

I + was + not + ing form of verb
We / You / They + were + not + ing form of verb
Third person singular + was + not + ing form of verb

Interrogative Structure:
Was + I + ing form of verb
Were + we / you / they + ing form of verb
Was + third person singular + ing form of verb

Negative interrogative Structure:
Was + I + not + ing form of verb

Were + we / you / they + not + ing form of verb

Was + third person singular + not + ing form of verb

To read what is subject, verb and object. Click here
To read what are first, second and third persons, Click here

Examples
I was eating	I was not eating	Was I eating?	Was I not eating?
Me khana kha ra tha	Me khana nai kha ra tha	Kia me khana kha ra tha?	Kia me khana nai kha ra tha?
میں کھانا کھارہا تھا۔	میں نہیں کھارہا تھا	کیا میں کھانا کھارہا تھا؟َ	کیا میں کھانا نہیں کھارہا تھا؟

You were playing	You were not playing	Were you playing?	Were you not playing?
Tm khel rahe the	Tm nahi khel rahe the	Kia tm khel rahe the?	Kia tm nai khel rahe the?
تم کھیل رہے تھے	تم نہیں کھیل رہے تھے	کیا تم کھیل رہے تھے؟	کیا تم نہیں کھیل رہے تھے؟

He was working	He was not working	Was he working?		Was he not working?
Wo kam krha tha	Wo kam nai krha tha	Kia wo kam krha tha?	Kia kam nai krha tha?
وہ کام کررہا تھا۔	وہ کام نہیں کررہا تھا	کیا وہ کام کررہا تھا؟َ		کیا وہ کام نہیں کررہا تھا؟