PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Definition :

It’s happening in the past times (It is usually there were two activities that happened at the same time)‏

Pattern :

+ S + Was/Were (To Be) + VI(ing) + O

S + Was/Were + Not + VI(ing) + O

? Was/Were + S + VI(ing) + O

Was à Subject : I, She, He, It

Were à Subject : You, We, They

Time Signal :

When While

All day yesterday At nine o’clock yesterday

Examples :

+ I was reading a book when she arrived

- I was not reading a book when she arrived

? Was I reading a book when she arrived?

+ We were watching TV when my mother cooked

- We were not watching TV when my mother cooked

? Were we watching TV when my mother cooked?