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Vipra Panda

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No, there is not any set eligibility for taking OET. The exam conducting body does not set a minimum English level for eligibility to take the test. However, the exam assesses communication skills required for healthcare. That's why, English proficiency is generally necessary to achieve the required scores for nursing registration.

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Poornima Sharma

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Students can refer to following books to study Past Continuous Tense in a detailed manner. These books focus on the usage, exceptions and rules of using the tense in English grammar.

Books

Author

Basic Grammar Practice Handbook on Tense

Dr. M. Vijaya

Practice Makes Perfect English Verb Tenses Up Close

Mark Lester

The Book of English Grammar Tests

Mamta Mehrotra

The English Tenses Practical Grammar Guide

Phil Williams and Bob Wright

 

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Poornima Sharma

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While most of the verbs (action words) can be used to form Past Continuous Tense in English language, Stative verbs cannot change their forms to form Past Continuous Tense sentences. Also known as state-of-being verbs, these verbs cannot be used in any continuous tense, including the past continuous. This is because Stative verbs describe feelings that can't be directly observed or measured in terms of progress. Many stative verbs describe states of mind, such as opinions, needs, and awareness. Example:

·       Incorrect: "I was knowing him."

·       Correct: "I knew him."

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The past continuous tense is formed using the past tense of the verb "to be" (was/were) followed by the main verb's present participle (verb + -ing).

The structure is: Subject + was/were + verb + -ing. Examples:

·       She was reading a book.

·       They were playing cricket.

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Poornima Sharma

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The past continuous tense is used to express different scenarios and emotions. They are as follows:

·       Ongoing actions at a specific past time: "At 10 pm, I was eating my dinner."

·       Interrupted actions: "I was playing when my mom called back."

·       Actions happening simultaneously: "While she was cooking the food, the kids were eating."

·       Background events: "As the sun was setting, people were taking pictures."

·       To express hopes and suggestions: “I was thinkin

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The past continuous tense, also called past progressive tense, talks about actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. It's formed by using "was" or "were" with the -ing form of the verb. The past continuous helps in expressing an action that was ongoing at a specified time. It emphasizes the duration of something that occurred in the past and establishes context for something else in the past.

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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College is affiliated to the University of Delhi (DU). Admission to the BA (Hons) in English course at DU is based on the CUET UG scores of the applicants. To appear for CUET UG, candidates must select the subjects that they have studied in Class 12. As per the eligibility criteria specified by the university, candidates must appear for CUET UG with one of the following two subject combinations:

  • Combination I: English from List A + Any three subjects from List B
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  • Combination II: English and one Language from List A + Any two subjects from List B

As English is a mandatory subject in both the combinations, candidates s

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