The Past Continuous Tense To show what somebody was doing at a particular time in the past, we use the Past Continuous Tense.

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The Past Continuous Tense To show what somebody was doing at a particular time in the past, we use the Past Continuous Tense.

We often use the past continuous and past simple tenses in the same sentence. We do this when we want to talk about a shorter activity that happened during a longer activity in the past.

Sam hurt himself yesterday. But when exactly? when jumping over the vaulting horse Sam hurt himself whenhe was jumping over the vaulting horse. shorter actionlonger action

watch TV peel an apple Nancy ___________when she ___________an apple. cut herself arrive They _______________ TV when I ___________. were watching cut herself was peeling arrived We ____________ football when it suddenly _______. play football rain were playing rained

Affirmative(Declarative) - I, He, She, It + was + v-ing I was studying. He was playing. - You, We, They + were + v-ing You were reading. They were sleeping.

Negative form - I, He, She, It + wasn’t(not) + v-ing I wasn’t (not) studying. He wasn’t (not) playing. - You, We, They + weren’t(not) + v-ing You weren’t (not) reading. They weren’t (not) sleeping.

Question form - Was + He, She, It + v-ing? Was he working? - Were + you, we, they + v-ing? Were they working? Short answers - Yes, he, she, it + was. you, we, they were. - No, he, she, it + wasn’t. you, we, they + weren’t.

A fire broke out at 8 o’clock last night! What were the people doing when the fire broke out?