Past Continuous Tense Form and Uses

Form of Past Continuous Tense: Positive Sentence books. reading was He, She, It happily. dancing were You, We, They to music. listening was I modifier. main verb (V +ing ) + “ BE” + Subject +

Form of Past Continuous Tense: Negative Sentence wasn't books. reading not was He, She, It weren't happily. dancing not were You, We, They wasn't to music. listening not was I modifier. main verb (V +ing ) + NOT + “ BE” + Subject +

Form of Past Continuous Tense: Yes-No Question lazy? being he, she, it Was World’s Cup last night? watching you, we, they Were to music? listening I Was modifier ? main verb (V +ing ) + Subject + “ BE” +

Form of Past Continuous Tense: Wh-Question at 11 o’clock last night? doing he, she, it was Who World’s Cup last night? watching you, we, they were Where to when the phone rang? talking I was Who modifier ? main verb (V+ing) + Subject + “ BE” + Question word

Use of Past Continuous Tense 1. We use the past continuous to say that an action was in progress at a specific time in the past. The action had already started at this time, but had not finished. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Use of Past Continuous Tense 2. We use the past continuous to say that an action was in progress at every moment during a period of time. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],working working working working working working 8:00am 4 : 00pm 12:00pm

Use of Past Continuous Tense 3. We use the past continuous together with the past simple. The past continuous refers to a "longer" or "background" action that was in progress to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted; The past simple refers to a “ shorter” action that interrupted the longer action, or happened in the middle of it. ,[object Object],* Remember: this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time!

Jimmy was taking a bath when the phone rang . A: What were you doing when you broke your leg? B: I was snowboarding .

Use of Past Continuous Tense 4. We use the past continuous to say that an action in the past was temporary . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Past Continuous Tense & Past Simple Tense ,[object Object],[object Object]

Past Continuous Tense & Past Simple Tense I was watching TV when Jim knocked the door. Long action = (watching TV), expressed with past continuous tense Short action = (knocked), expressed with simple past tense

‘ when’ + short action (past simple tense) ‘while ’ + long action (past continuous tense) I was watching TV when Jim knocked the door . Jim knocked the door , I was watching TV While I was watching TV while Jim knocked the door I was watching TV , Jim knocked the door When Jim knocked the door. when I was watching TV

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