📘 Past Continuous Tense – Corrections (Tamil)
Day 1 – Basic Sentence Corrections
🔹 Past Continuous Tense – Quick Reminder
Structure:
Subject + was / were + Verb + ing
- I / He / She / It → was
- You / We / They → were
👉 கடந்த காலத்தில் à®’à®°ு குà®±ிப்பிட்ட நேரத்தில் நடந்து கொண்டிà®°ுந்த செயல் Past Continuous Tense à®®ூலம் காட்டப்படுகிறது.
❌➡️✅ Common Mistakes & Corrections
1️⃣ was / were பிà®´ைகள்
- ❌ I
werewatching TV.
✅ I was watching TV. - ❌ They
wasplaying cricket.
✅ They were playing cricket. - ❌ She
werecooking food.
✅ She was cooking food.
Rule: Singular → was | Plural → were
2️⃣ Verb + ing இல்லாத பிà®´ைகள்
- ❌ He was
reada book.
✅ He was reading a book. - ❌ We were
playin the park.
✅ We were playing in the park. - ❌ She was
cookdinner.
✅ She was cooking dinner.
Rule: Past Continuous-ல் verb + ing கட்டாயம்.
3️⃣ Past Simple & Past Continuous குழப்பம்
- ❌ I
watchedTV when he came.
✅ I was watching TV when he came. - ❌ She
cookedfood at 7 pm.
✅ She was cooking food at 7 pm.
👉 à®’à®°ு செயல் நடந்து கொண்டிà®°ுந்தபோது மற்à®±ொà®°ு செயல் நடந்தால் → was / were + ing
4️⃣ Time Expression பிà®´ைகள்
- ❌ I was sleeping
yesterday night.
✅ I was sleeping last night. - ❌ They were studying yesterday evening
at 6 pm.
✅ They were studying at 6 pm yesterday evening.
Simple Tamil Explanation
- Past Simple: நடந்தது (finished)
- Past Continuous: நடந்து கொண்டிà®°ுந்தது (process)
He slept → அவன் தூà®™்கினான்
He was sleeping → அவன் தூà®™்கிக் கொண்டிà®°ுந்தான்
Practice – Correct the Sentences
- She was
writea letter. - We
wasplaying chess. - They were
eatfood. - I
werestudying at night.
✔ Correct Answers
- She was writing a letter.
- We were playing chess.
- They were eating food.
- I was studying at night.
Day 1 Key Takeaway
was / were + verb + ing
இந்த pattern தெளிவாக நினைவில் இருந்தால்
Past Continuous Tense corrections எளிதாகுà®®்.
— Shaktimatha Learning
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