b. Past Continuous Tense
There are 4 Past Continuous Tense as follows: 1. The newly transformed Minogue was now gaining more media coverage than ever, and
as signed to a new record deal, with Deconstruction Record. p.15 The Past Continuous Tense is formed by: S + was + present participle
2. We were finding our feet a little more. p.15 The function of Past Continuous Tense in the sentences 1 and 2 are used to
express an action which was occurring at some specific time in the past. The Past Continuous Tense is formed by: S + were + present participle
3. We did know that it was going to be a pop album. p.15 The function of Past Continuous Tense in the sentence is used to express an action
that was taking place simultaneously when it was interrupted by another activity in the past.
The Past Continuous Tense is formed by: S + was + present participle 4.We’ve got 12 tracks, there were going to be 13, I won’t say what the 13
th
song was so I was it was a little hard to give up that one. p.17
The function of Past Continuous Tense in the sentence is used to express an action which was occurring at some specific time in the past.
The Past Continuous Tense is formed by: S + were + present participle
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c. Past Perfect Tense
There are 3 Past Perfect Tense as follows: 1. It was the first day I had worked with Emiliana and Dane who wrote that track. p.16
2. I’ve never worked before, we had finished writing the songs, I’ve got, you know, telephone calls and police and all kinds of things going on. p.16
The function Past Perfect Tense in the sentences 1 and 2 are used to complete an action in the past or show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
The Past Perfect Tense is formed by: S + had + Past participle 3. It was similar too when I had heard on can’t get you out of my Head although that was
a finished song. p.16 The function Past Perfect Tense in the sentence above is used to provide the main
event in the past. The Past Perfect Tense is formed by: S + had + Past participle
4. I think that my AnR firstly re visited people, writers and producers, I had worked with before. p.16
The function Past Perfect Tense in the sentence above is used to complete an action in the past or show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
The Past Perfect Tense is formed by: S + had + Past participle
d. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
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