Step 4 of 6: Listening

Day 42 • Listening Lab

Listening Lab — Past Continuous Actions

Narratives about past continuous actions

Past Continuous Actions

Listen carefully to native voice audio clips and follow along with English & Hindi transcripts.

Interactive Transcript

It was raining heavily all night.

यह पूरी रात जोर-जोर से बारिश हो रही थी।

They were dancing at the party.

वे पार्टी में नाच रहे थे।

Was she cooking when you called?

क्या वह खाना बना रही थी जब आपने फोन किया?

I was reading a book in the garden.

मैं बगीचे में किताब पढ़ रहा/रही था/थी।

We weren’t sleeping during the movie.

हम फिल्म के दौरान सो नहीं रहे थे।

He was driving when it started.

वह गाड़ी चला रहा था जब यह शुरू हुआ।

This audio uses the past continuous tense to describe ongoing actions in the past, often with interruptions.

Was(था/थी)

Were(थे/थीं)

Raining(हो रही)

Dancing(नाच रहे)

Cooking(खाना बना रही)

Driving(गाड़ी चला रहा)