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From May to December

For five hours yesterday

Note; these time expression not only indicate that the action or

activity took place in the past but also that it took a ‘long’ time to
complete.

Examples;

The marine biologists started the coral reef recovery process in
Pulau Pangkor on the last April 2019. They finished on

November 2019. They were protecting the corals from

undergoing coral bleaching from April 2019.

The affirmative form of the past continuous tense is written in
the following manner.

‘be’ verb Base verb + -ing

Was Base verb + -ing

Were Base verb + -ing

Examples;

Base form Past Continuous Example

Tense
Dive Was diving Nick Young was
diving in Tortugas

National Park when
he came across an
8-metre Killer whale.

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