Past Continuous
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Form |
Past simple of to be ( was / were ) + Present Participle (...ing) |
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Use |
1.Actions or situations in progress which were not finished at a particular time in the past. | She was studying in England at the time. |
| 2.Simultaneous past actions.( descibing a scene, telling a story). | I was watching TV while my brother was playing. | |
| 3. To refer to an action that was interupted by another. | I was having dinner when the telephone rang. | |
| 4. Past intentions often not carried out. | I was planning to visit her in hosptial but she had already left. | |
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I was working
You were working He / she /it was working We were working You were working They were working
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I was not
woking
You were not working He /she / it was not working We were not working You were not working They were not working
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Was I working?
Were you working? Was he she it working? Were we working? Were you working? Were they working?
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