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?